Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Ulotrichales > Family Ulotrichaceae > Genus Urospora

Urospora penicilliformis (Roth) Areschoug, 1866

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Urospora*	Areschoug, 1866	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Codiolum gregarium*	A.Braun, 1855	synonym
*Conferva peniciliformis*	Roth, 1806	synonym
*Urospora mirabilis*	Areschoug, 1866	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

German: pinselförmige Vierkernalge sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Japanese: シリオミドロ

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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Seaweeds by Wiencke C & Clayton MN, 2002.
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	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). Urospora penicilliformis (Roth) Areschoug, 1866. 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:144420