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Species - Ulva lactuca

Scientific name:
Ulva lactuca (Linnaeus 1753)
Common name:
sea lettuce
General description:
Summary Description

Ulva lactuca is a pale to grass green macroalga that grows to 50 cm tall. The plant is attached to the substratum by a small disc-shaped holdfast that divides shortly above the base into numerous elongate branches a few centimetres wide, and ruffled along the edge. The branches are thicker and paler in the centre, thinning out towards the margins.
Australian distribution:
Established
Detected in:
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Invasion status:

Cryptogenic

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Caption:
Ulva lactuca - NIMPIS.

Source:
Copyright Notice: Scullion Littler et al., 1989. Acknowledge: true
Caption:
Ulva lactuca diagram & key features. Plants grow to about 50cm tall. Long ribbon-like fronds. Centre of fronds thicker and paler in colour than edges. Edges of fronds ruffled. Primarily found intertidally.

Source:
Copyright Notice: Diagram - Stegenga et al., 1997. Acknowledge: true
Caption:
Ulva lactuca - NIMPIS.

Source:
Copyright Notice: Lu Baoren (Image from Tseng 1983). Acknowledge: true

Last modified: 25 February 2020