Ulva intestinalis

Ulva intestinalis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Ulvales
Family: Ulvaceae
Genus: Ulva
Species: U. intestinalis
Binomial name
Ulva intestinalis
(L.)
Synonyms
  • Enteromorpha intestinalis

Ulva intestinalis is a green alga in the division Chlorophyta, of the genus Ulva, also known by the common names gutweed and grass kelp. Until they were reclassified by genetic work completed in the early 2000s, the tubular members of the genus Ulva were in the genus Enteromorpha.

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