Ulvaceae () is a widely distributed
family
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of thin
green algae characterized by a flat or a hollow tubular
thallus, reproducing via conjugation of planogametes or
zoospores, and classified within the orders
Ulotrichales or, more commonly,
Ulvales.
Genera in the family Ulvaceae
* ''
Gemina''
V.J.Chapman, 1952
* ''
Letterstedtia''
Areschoug, 1850
* ''
Ochlochaete''
Thwaites, 1849
* ''
Percursaria''
Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823
* ''
Ruthnielsenia''
C.J.O'Kelly, B.Wynsor & W.K.Bellows, 2004
* ''
Ryuguphycus''
H.Kawai, T.Hanyuda & T.Kitayama, 2020
* ''
Ulva
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Linnaeus, 1753
* ''
Ulvaria''
Ruprecht, 1850
* ''
Umbraulva''
E.H.Bae & I.K.Lee, 2001
References
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Ulvophyceae families