Tag: Sea Lettuce

132/150: What’s green, marine and a potential killing machine? Sea Lettuce!

Nov 10, 2017

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by

Meredith Miller

in #Biodiversity150

Plantae: Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae: Ulvales: Ulvaceae: Ulva: Ulva lactuca Linnaeus 1753 Although it resembles terrestrial salad greens, Ulva lactuca (sea lettuce) is a species of aquatic green algae. The bright green ruffled edge “leaves” are composed of 2 layers of cells, found free floating or attached to surfaces in areas with exposed rocks and tide pools.…