Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae > Subclass Fucophycidae > Order Ectocarpales > Family Scytosiphonaceae > Tribe Hydroclathreae > Genus Colpomenia

Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier, 1851

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Colpomenia*	(Endlicher) Derbès & Solier, 1851	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Ulva sinuosa*	Mertens ex Roth, 1806	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: フクロノリ

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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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	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.
additional source	Yamada, Y. (1928). Report of the biological survey of Mutsu Bay. 9. Marine algae of Mutsu Bay and adjacent waters. II. The Science Reports of the Tohoku University, Fourth series, Biology. 3: 497-534.
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.
additional source	Broady, P.A.; Flint, E.A.; Nelson, W.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; De Winton, M.D.; Novis, P.M. (2012). Phylum Chlorophyta and Charophyta: green algae, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 347-381.

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). Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier, 1851. 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:145857