Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina > Class Ulvophyceae > Order Cladophorales > Family Cladophoraceae

Chaetomorpha Kützing, 1845

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Chaetomorpha adrianii Feldmann, 1936
Chaetomorpha aerea (Dillwyn) Kützing, 1849
Chaetomorpha antennina (Bory) Kützing, 1847
Chaetomorpha capillaris (Kützing) Børgesen, 1925
Chaetomorpha crassa (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1845
Chaetomorpha fibrosa (Kützing) Kützing, 1843
Chaetomorpha gracilis Kützing, 1845
Chaetomorpha implexa Feldmann, 1954
Chaetomorpha ligustica (Kützing) Kützing, 1849
Chaetomorpha linum (O.F.Müller) Kützing, 1845
Chaetomorpha litorea Harvey, 1858
Chaetomorpha mediterranea (Kützing) Kützing, 1849
Chaetomorpha melagonium (F.Weber & D.Mohr) Kützing, 1845
Chaetomorpha pachynema (Montagne) Kützing, 1847
Chaetomorpha tortuosa (Dillwyn) Kleen, 1874
Chaetomorpha vieillardii (Kützing) M.J.Wynne, 2011
Chaetomorpha zernovii Woronichin, 1925

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ジュズモ属

Literature

original description	Kützing, F. T. (1845). Phycologia Germanica, d.i. Deutschlands Algen in bündigen Beschreibungen. Nebst einer Anleitung zum Untersuchen und Bestimmen dieser Gewächse für Anfänger. Nordhausen: zu finden bei Wilh. Köhne. 340 pp.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Chaetomorpha Kützing, 1845. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:143995