Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Bangiophyceae > Subclass Bangiophycidae > Order Bangiales > Family Bangiaceae > Genus Bangia

Bangia atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) C.Agardh, 1824

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bangia*	Lyngbye, 1819	accepted genus name
*Bangiadulcis*	W.A.Nelson, 2007	synonym

Species group names

*Bangiadulcis atropurpurea*	(Mertens ex Roth) W.A.Nelson, 2007	synonym
*Conferva atropurpurea*	Mertens ex Roth, 1806	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Swedish: purpurtråd

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Seaweeds by Wiencke C & Clayton MN, 2002.
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

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). Bangia atropurpurea (Mertens ex Roth) C.Agardh, 1824. 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:144423