Sea lettuce

Scientific name: Ulva lactuca

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0056

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Structure

Form and structure

Sea lettuce has a green, branched thallus with ruffled margins, attached to the substrate by a small disc-shaped holdfast.

Evidence: SRC-252 · SRC-CIX28-UL-NIMPISStatement code: CLM-ENT0056-MORPH-02

Sources (2)

Sources

2Domínguez & Loret 2019 — Ulva lactuca, A Source of Troubles and Potential RichesSRC-252
4Australian NIMPIS — Ulva lactuca species49, morphologySRC-CIX28-UL-NIMPIS

How it functions

Some species of the sea-lettuce genus Ulva contain essential amino acids, with varying concentrations; protein-composition findings for one species cannot be generalized to every species in the genus.

Evidence: SRC-252 · SRC-CIX28-UL-LORDAN2011

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Sources

1ANSES15July2010 — Prevention of health risks caused by green algaeSRC-CIX28-UL-ANSES
2Domínguez & Loret 2019 — Ulva lactuca, A Source of Troubles and Potential RichesSRC-252
3World Register of Marine Species — Ulva lactuca Linnaeus, 1753SRC-253
4Australian NIMPIS — Ulva lactuca species49, morphologySRC-CIX28-UL-NIMPIS
5Lordan, Ross & Stanton 2011 — Marine bioactives as functional food ingredients: potential to reduce the incidence of chronic diseasesSRC-CIX28-UL-LORDAN2011
6Purcell, Volk, Hyde & Blair2025 — Science advice for genetic effects from macroalgae aquaculture in Southern California and the Gulf of America; NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-711SRC-CIX28-UL-NOAA