Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Ulvales > Family Ulvaceae > Genus Ulva

Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ulva*	Linnaeus, 1753	accepted genus name
*Enteromorpha*	Link, 1820	synonym
*Phycoseris*	Kützing, 1843	synonym

Species group names

*Enteromorpha compressa var. intestinalis*	(Linnaeus) Hamel, 1931	synonym
*Enteromorpha intestinalis*	(Linnaeus) Nees, 1820	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: tarm-rørhinde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: echt darmwier

English: gut weed; gutweed sources: MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ボウアオノリ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: tarmgrønske sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: tarmgrønske sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: sałata; taśma; watka

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 1. Salvius, Stockholm.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus, 1753. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234471