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Chlorophyta
Enteromorpha spp.

Enteromorpha spp.

Class Chlorophyceae - Order Ulvales - Family Ulvaceae

E. intestinalis, E. prolifera, E. flexuosa

Both E. intestinalis (1926) and E. prolifera (1979) are non-native species which invaded the Great Lakes from the Atlantic. E. flexuosa (2003) is also non-native, precise source unknown (native to Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Europe, Australia, the U.S.A., Mexico, and various islands in the Pacific Ocean). GLANSIS

Attached. Prefer saline or hard water.

Vanessa L. Lougheed and R. Jan Stevenson. 2004. Exotic Marine Macroalga (Enteromorpha flexuosa) Reaches Bloom Proportions in a Coastal Lake of Lake Michigan. J. Great Lakes Res. 30(4):538-544.

University of Manitoba

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