Ulvophyceae | 
Ulvales | 
Ulvaceae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Sessile; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 101733).  Subtropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Arctic, Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Black Sea.  Subtropical to polar.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 80758)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						Thalli bright to yellowish green. Several unbranched tubular branches arise from a short stipe; discoid holdfast. Erect branches tapering below, inflated above and constricted or contorted at certain points. Cells polyhedral in surface view, irregularly arranged and filled with spherical to oval chloroplasts.					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Grows on rocky substrate in the lower intertidal to shallow subtidal zones or in shallow tidepools exposed to air during low tide (Ref. 80758); also considered as a fresh sea-vegetable (Ref. 82232). Inhabits rocky substrate in the lower intertidal to shallow subtidal zones or in shallow tidepools exposed to air during low tide (Ref. 80758).  Also found in supra-littoral pools that are influenced by wave splashes (Ref. 83307) as well as sandy areas where rock attachment is possible (Ref. 801).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2009 AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 April 2009. (Ref. 80701)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				Threat to humans  
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Human uses  
			
			
				Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: commercial			
			
			
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  PhysiologyOxygen consumption
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
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						Preferred temperature  					
				 (Ref. 
115969): 5.1 - 20.6, mean 10.7 (based on 2953 cells).			
 
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (10 of 100).