Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae > Subclass Fucophycidae > Order Ectocarpales > Family Chordariaceae > Genus Asperococcus

Asperococcus fistulosus (Hudson) W.J.Hooker, 1833

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Asperococcus*	J.V.Lamouroux, 1813	accepted genus name
*Encoelium*	C.Agardh, 1820	synonym

Species group names

*Chilionema reptans*	(P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan) Sauvageau, 1897	synonym
*Ectocarpus reptans*	P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1867	synonym
*Phycocelis crouaniorum*	Athanasiadis, 1996	synonym
*Ulva fistulosa*	Hudson, 1778	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: smal priktarm sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: schmaler Blasenschlauch sources: Unterwasser-Welt Ostsee

Swedish: smaltuta

Literature

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	South, G. R.;Tittley, I. (1986). A checklist and distributional index of the benthic marine algae of the North Atlantic Ocean. untsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, New Brunswick. 1-76.
additional source	Sears, J.R. (ed.). 1998. NEAS keys to the benthic marine algae of the northeastern coast of North America from Long Island Sound to the Strait of Belle Isle. Northeast Algal Society. 163 p.
additional source	Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press.

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). Asperococcus fistulosus (Hudson) W.J.Hooker, 1833. 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:145313