Ulva flexuosa, Winding nori : bait
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Ulva flexuosa   Wulfen

Winding nori

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Ulva flexuosa  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Ulvophyceae | Ulvales | Ulvaceae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Epiphytic; brackish.  Tropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm H male/unsexed; (Ref. 801)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Fronds are up to 20 cm in height. This is used as bait in fish traps (Ref. 801). Occurs in shallow intertidal mangrove prop roots and wood, or epiphytic in brackish water of estuaries (Ref. 83908). Also on subtidal volcanic rocks (Ref. 80999).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

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 2025-2 (Global))

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Bait: occasionally
FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

Tools

E-book | Field guide

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | AlgaeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Low vulnerability (10 of 100).