Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Subphylum Phaeista > Infraphylum Limnista > Superclass Fucistia > Class Phaeophyceae > Order Ectocarpales > Family Ectocarpaceae

Ectocarpus Lyngbye, 1819

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ectocarpus borealis (Kjellman) Kjellman, 1890
Ectocarpus caspicus Henckel, 1909
Ectocarpus commensalis Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1922
Ectocarpus fasciculatus Harvey, 1841
Ectocarpus flagelliformis Kützing, 1843
Ectocarpus fulvescens Schousboe ex Thuret
Ectocarpus parvulus Kützing, 1849
Ectocarpus rallsiae Vickers, 1905
Ectocarpus rufulus Kützing, 1843
Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye, 1819
Ectocarpus simpliusculus C. Agardh, 1827
Ectocarpus variabilis Vickers, 1905

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: maiden's hair

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

Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2).

additional source

Algaebase

Genbank

loading

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

GenBank
GBIF

Citation

Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Ectocarpus. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144099

Image

loading

Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

no data

Provided by

logo erms

GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144099

Last modified

2004-12-21 by Michael D. Guiry

Your feedback

click here

Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License

Your e-mail address:

Your message: