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Acrosiphoniales
Acrosiphonia arcta (Dillwyn) Kuetzing
(=Cladophora arcta (Dillwyn) Kuetzing,  =Spongomorpha arcta (Dillwyn) Kuetzing,  =Cladophora lanosa (Roth) Kuetzing,  =Spongomorpha centralis (Lyngbye) Kuetzing)

Acrosiphonia spinescens (Kuetzing) Kjellman

Acrosiphonia sonderi (Kuetzing) Kornmann
(=Cladophora sonderi Kuetzing)

Spongomorpha aeruginosa (Linnaeus) Hoek
(=Chlorochytrium inclusum Kjellman,  =Cladophora pallida (Kjellman) Batters,  =Cladophora uncialis (Mueller) Kuetzing),  =Codiolum petrocelidis Kuckuck,  =Cladophora bombicina (Kjellman) Batters)

Urospora penicilliformis (Roth) Areschoug
(=Urospora bangioides (Harvey) Holmes & Batters,  =Urospora isogona (Smith) Batters,  =Urospora mirabilis Areschoug)

Urospora wormskioldii (Mertens ex Hornemann) Rosevinge
(=Codiolum gragarium Braun,  =Urospora collabens (Agardh) Holmes & Batters)

Caulerpales

Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskaal) Lamouroux 
(=Fucus prolifer
Forsskaal)

Halimeda tuna (Ellis & Solander) Lamouroux 
(=Corallina tuna
Ellis & Solander,  =Halimeda platydisca Decaisne)

Chaetophorales

Bolbocoleon piliferum Pringsheim

Entocladia leptochaete (Huber) Burrows
(=Endoderma leptochaete Huber)

Phaeophila dendroides (Crouan & Crouan) Batters 
(=Olochaete dendroides
Crouan & Crouan)

Pringsheimliella scutata (Reinke) Hoenel ex Marchewianka
(=Pringsheimia scutata Reinke)

Pseudendoclonium fucicola (Rosenvinge) Nielsen
(=Ulvella fucicola Rosenvinge,  =Pseudopringsheimia fucicola (Rosenvinge) Wille)

Pseudendoclonium marinum (Reinke) Aleem & Schulz
(=Protoderma marina Reinke)

Pseudendoclonium submarinum Wille

Pseudopringsheimia confluens Wille

Tellamia contorta Batters
=Tellamia intricata Batters)

Chlorococcales
Characium marinum Kjellman

Chlorochytrium cohnii Wright
(=Chlorochytrium immensum Massee)

Chlorochytrium dermatocolax Reinke

Chlorochytrium facciolaae (Borzi) Bristol

Chlorococcum submarinum Alvik

Gomontia polyrhiza (Lagerheim) Bornet & Flahault
(=Gomontia manxiana Chodat)

Sykidion dyeri Wright

Chlorocystidales
Halochlorococcum moorei (Gardner) Kornmann & Sahling
(=Chlorochytrium moorei Gardner,  =Chlorochytrium willei Printz)
Cladophorales

Chaetomorpha aerea (Goodenough & Dillwyn) Kuetzing 
(=Conferva aerea
Dillwin)

Chaetomorpha crassa (Agardh) Kuetzing)

Chaetomorpha linum (Mueller) Kuetzing 
(=Conferva linum
Mueller)

Chetomorpha litorea Harvey

Chaetomorpha melagonium (Weber & Mohr) Kuetzing

Cladophora aegagrophyla (Linnaeus) Trevisan
(=Cladophora brownii (Dillwyn) Harvey)

Cladophora albida (Hudson) Kuetzing 
(=Conferva albida
Hudson,  =Cladophora neesiorum (Agardh) Kuetzing,  =Cladophora falcata Harvey,  =Cladophora corymbifera Kuetzing,  =Cladophora magdalenae Harvey)

Cladophora battersii Hoek

Cladophora coelothrix Kuetzing
(=Cladophora repens Harvey)

Cladophora dalmatica Kuetzing

Cladophora flexuosa (Mueller) Kuetzing
(=Cladophora gracilis Kuetzing)

Cladophora globulina (Kuetzing) Kuetzing

Cladophora hutchinsie (Dillwyn) Kuetzing  
(=Conferva hutchinsie
Dillwyn)

Cladophora laetevirens (Dillwyn) Kuetzing  
(=Conferva laetevirens
Dillwyn)

Cladophora lehmanniana (Lindenberg) Kuetzing  
(=Conferva lehmanniana
Lindenberg,  =Cladophora utriculosa Kuetzing,  =Cladophora macallana Harvey)

Cladophora liniformis Kuetzing

Cladophora pellucida (Hudson) Kuetzing  
(=Conferva pellucida
Hudson,  =Cladophora pseudopellucida Hoek,  =Cladophora trichotoma (Agardh) Kuetzing)

Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kuetzing  
(= Conferva prolifera
Kuetzing)

Cladophora pygmaea Reinke

Cladophora retroflexa (Bonnemaison ex Crouan & Crouan) Hoek

Cladophora rupestris  (Linnaeus) Kuetzing  
(=Conferva rupestris
Linnaeus)

Cladophora sericea (Hudson) Kuetzing 
(=Conferva sericea
Hudson,  = Cladophora rudolphiana (Agardh) Kuetzing,  =Cladophora hirta Kuetzing,  =Cladophora glaucescens Griffiths ex Harvey,  =Cladophora balliana Harvey)

Cladophora vagabunda (Linnaeus) Hoek 
(=Conferva vagabunda
Linneus,  =Cladophora expansa (Mertens) Kuetzing)

Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey 
(=Conferva riparia
Roth,   =Conferva implexa Dillwin,  =Rhizoclonium implexum (Dillwyn) Kuetzing,  =Rhizoclonium kerneri Stockmayer,   =Rhizoclonium kochianum Kuetzing)

Rhizoclonium tortuosum (Dillwin) Kuetzing
(=
Rhizoclonium lubricum Setchell & Gardner,  =Chaetomorpha capillaris (Kuetzing) Boergsen nom. illeg.,  =Chaetomorpha tortuosa (Dillwin) Kuetzing,  =Rhizoclonium arenosum (Carmichael) Kuetzing)

Wittrockiella paradoxa Wille

Bryopsidales

Blastophysa rhyzopus Reinke

Bryopsis hypnoides Lamouroux

Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) Agardh 

Codium adhaerens (Cabrera) Agardh

Codium bursa (Linnaeus) Agardh  
(=Alcyonum bursa
Linnaeus)

Codium decorticatum (Woodward) Howe 
(=Codium elongatum
Agardh)

Codium effusum (Rafinesque) Delle Chiaje 
(=Codium difforme
Kuetzing)

Codium fragile (Suringar) Hariot 
(=Acanthocodium fragile
Suringar)

Codium tomentosum Stackhouse

Codium vermilara (Olivi) Delle Chiaje 
(=Lamarckia vermilara
Olivi)

Derbesia marina (Lyngbye) Solier
(=Halicystis ovalis (Lyngbye) Areschoug)

Derbesia tenuissima (De Notaris in Morris & De Notaris) Crouan & Crouan
(=Bryopsis tenuissima
De Notaris in Morris & De Notaris)

Ostreobium quekettii Bornet & Flahault

Klebsormidiales
Stichococcus bacillaris Nageli
Microsporales
Microspora ficulinae Dangeard
Prasiolales
Prasiola calophylla (Carmichael & Greville) Kuetzing

Prasiola crispa (Lightfoot) Kuetzing

Prasiola furfuracea (Mertens ex Hornemann) Kuetzing

Prasiola stipitata Suhr ex Jessen

Rosenvingiella polyrhiza (Rosenvinge) SWilva
(=Gayella polyrhiza Rosenvinge)

Siphonocladales

Valonia macrophysa Kuetzing. 
(Boudouresque suggests that the differentiation between Valonia macrophysa and Valonia utricularis could need more investigations)

Valonia utricularis (Roth) Agardh 
(=Conferva utricularia
Roth)

Ulotrichales
Eugomontia sacculata Kornmann

Ulothrix flacca Willie
(=
Ulothrix consociata Willie,  =Ulothrix pseudoflacca Willie)

Ulothrix implexa (Kuetzing) Kuetzing

Ulothrix speciosa (Carmichael) Kuetzing
(=Lyngbya speciosa Carmichael)

Ulothrix subflaccida Wille

Ulvales

Acrochaete heteroclada Correa & Nielsen

Acrochaete operculata Correa & Nielsen

Acrochaete repens Pringsheim
(=Acrochaete parasitica Oltmanns)

Acrochaete viridis (Reinke) Nielsen 
(=Entocladia viridis
Reinke,  =Endoderma viridis (Reinke) Lagerhein,  =Phaeophyla  viridis (Reinke) Burrows in Parke & Dixon)

Acrochaete wittrockii (Wille) Nielsen
(=Entocladia wittrockii Wille,  =Phaeophyla wittrockii (Wille) Nielsen,  =Endoderma wittrockii (Wille) De Toni)

Blidingia chadefaudii (Feldmann) Bliding 
(=Entromorpha chadephaudii
Feldmann,  =Feldmannodora chadefaudii (Feldmann) Chadefaud)

Blidingia marginata (Agardh) Dangeard
(=Enteromorpha marginata Agardh)

Blidingia minima (Nageli ex Kuetzing) Kylin
(=Enteromorpha micrococca Kuetzing,  =Enteromorpha minima Nageli ex Kuetzing)

Capsosiphon fulvescens (Agardh) Setchell & Gardner
(=Capsosiphon aureolus (Kuetzing) Gobi)

Enteromorpha compressa (Linnaeus) Greville 
(=Ulva compressa
Linnaeus)

Enteromorpha flexuosa (Wulfen ex Roth) Agardh 
(=Conferva flexuosa
Wulfen ex Roth)

Enteromorpha intestinalis (Linnaeus) Link 
(=Ulva intestinalis
Linnaeus)

Enteromorpha linza (Linnaeus) Agardh 
(=Ulva linza
Linnaeus)

Enteromorpha muscoides (Clemente) Cremades
(=Enteromorpha crinita Nees,  =Enteromorpha clathrata (Roth) Greville,  =Enteromorpha ramulosa (Smith) Carmichael)

Enteromorpha prolifera (Mueller) Agardh  
(=Ulva prolifera
Mueller,  =Enteromorpha torta (Mertens) Reinbold)

Enteromorpha ralfsii Harvey

Epicladia flustrae Reinke
(=Endoderma flustrae (Reinke) Batters,  =Entocladia flustrae (Reinke) Taylor)

Epicladia perforans (Huber) Nielsen
(=Endoderma perforans Huber,  =Entocladia perforans (Huber) Levring)

Monostroma grevillei (Thuret) Wittrock

Monostroma obscurum (Kuetzing) Agardh
(=Ulvaria obscura Kuetzing)

Monostroma oxyspermum (Kuetzing) Doty
(=Monostroma orbiculatum Thuret,  =Monostroma crepidinium Farlow,  =Monostroma latissimum Wittrock,  =Monostroma wittrockii Bornet,  =
Ulvaria oxysperma (Kuetzing) Bliding,  =Ulva oxysperma Kuetzing)

Ochlochaete hystrix Thwaites ex Harvey
(=Ochlochaete ferox Huber,  =Chaetobolus gbbus Rosevinge)

Percursaria percursa (Agardh) Rosenvinge

Protomonostroma undulatum (Wittrock) Vinogradova
(=
Monostroma undulatum Wittrock)

Ulva lactuca Linnaeus

Ulva rigida Agardh 
(=Ulva lactuca
Linnaeus var. rigida (Agardh) Le Jolis)

Ulvaria fusca Ruprecht
(=
Monostroma fuscum (Ruprecht) Wittrock)

Ulvella lens Crouan & Crouan
(=Pseudulvella applanata Setchell & Gardner)

Umbraulva olivascens (Dangeard) Bae & Lee
(=Ulva olivascens Dangeard, =Ulva olivacea Dangeard, nom. illeg.)

Special bibliography

Burrows E.M. 2002 - Seaweeds of the British Isles, Vol. 2: Chlorophyta. British Museum, Natural History, London.

Cabioc'h J., Floc'h J.-Y., Le Toquin A. - Boudouresque C.-F., Meinesz A., Verlaque M. 1992 - Guide des Algues des Mers d'Europe. Delachaux et Niestlé, Paris.

Gayral P. 1966 - Les Algues des Cotes Francaises. Editions Doin, Paris.

Guiry M. D. 1978 - A Concensus and Bibliography of Irish Seaweeds. J. Cramer, Vaduz.

Guiry M. D. 1997 - Benthic red, brown and green algae. In: The Species Directory of the Marine Fauna and Flora of the British Isles and Surrounding Seas. Ulster Museum & Marine Conservation Society, Belfast & Ross-on-Wye

Hardy G., Guiry M.D., Arnold H. 2006 - A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society, London

Hishock S. 1979 - A Field Key to the British Brown Seaweeds. FSC Publications, Shrewsbury, UK.

Hishock S. 1984 - A Field Key to the British Red Seaweeds. FSC Publications, Shrewsbury, UK.

Morton O. 1994 - Marine Algae of Northern Ireland. Ulster Museum, Belfast.

Newton L. 1931 - A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum, Natural History, London.

Noailles M.-C. 1995 - Les espéces de Cladophora (Chlorophyta) les plus communes des cotes Nord-Finistére, région de Roscoff en particulier (France). Cah. Biol. Mar. 36:81-121.