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    Caulerpales
    Cladophorales
    Dasycladales
    Ulvales

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Glossary

Clorophyceae
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Acrosiphonales
        Acrosiphonia
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Caulerpales
        Caulerpa
        Flabellia
        Halimeda
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Bryopsidales
        Bryopsis
        Codium
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Dasycladales
        Acetabularia
        Dasycladus
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Cladophorales
        Chaetomorpha
        Cladophora

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Ulvales
        Enteromorpha
        Ulva

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                             Atlantic checklist
                             Mediterranean checklist

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Key to the most common Genera   Chiave per i Generi pił comuni

Thread-like thallus    
Tallo filamentoso

   
Acetabularia, Acrosyphonia, Bryopsis, Chaetomorpha, Cladophora, Lola, Penicillus, 
    Spongomorpha, Valonia.

Tubular thallus
Tallo tubulare

    Blidingia, Enteromorpha.

Thin, leaf-like thallus
Tallo fogliaceo sottile

    Anadyomene, Monostroma, Ulva, Ulvaria.

Thick, leaf-like thallus
Tallo fogliace spesso

    Caulerpa, Flabellia.

Thick, sponge-like thallus
Tallo spugnoso spesso

    Codium, Dasycladus.

Partially calcified thallus
Tallo parzialmente calcificato

    Halimeda.

Encrusting thallus
Tallo incrostante

    Palmophyllum.

Special bibliography
Athanasiadis, A. 1987 - A Survey of the Seaweeds of the Aegean Sea with Taxonomic Studies on Species of the Tribe Antithamnieae (Rodophyta). University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Botany, Goteborg.

Boudouresque C.F., Perret-Boudouresque M.M. 1987 - A Checklist of the Benthic Marine Algae of Corsica. GIS Posidonie Publishers, Marseille.

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