laitue de mer vs Sea Lettuce

Ulva lactuca compared with Ulva fenestrata

Key Differences

• laitue de mer is Least Concern while Sea Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	laitue de mer	Sea Lettuce
Kingdom same	Plantae (plante)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum same	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)	Chlorophyta (Chlorophyta)
Class same	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)	Ulvophyceae (Ulvophyceae)
Order same	Ulvales (Ulvales)	Ulvales (Ulvales)
Family same	Ulvaceae	Ulvaceae
Genus same	Ulva	Ulva
Species	Ulva lactuca	Ulva fenestrata

Evolutionary Relationship

laitue de mer and Sea Lettuce share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Ulva.

Conservation Status

laitue de mer

LC — Least Concern

Sea Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	laitue de mer	Sea Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

laitue de mer

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Lebanon, Taiwan, Turkey), Europe (4 countries), North America (Mexico), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil).

Sea Lettuce

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark and Norway.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway