Caulerpa lanuginosa J.Agardh

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Bryopsidales
Family Caulerpaceae
Genus Caulerpa

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Publication details
Caulerpa lanuginosa J.Agardh 1873: 28

Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1873). Till algernes systematik. Nya bidrag. Lunds Universitets Års-Skrift, Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 9(8): 1-71.

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Caulerpa is Caulerpa prolifera (Forsskål) J.V.Lamouroux.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), woolly, downy (Stearn 1973).

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Caulerpa lycopodium Harvey 1858

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa lanuginosa J.Agardh)
North America: Florida (Taylor 1960, Dawes 1974, Famà, Wysor, Kooistra & Zuccarello 2002).

Central America: Panama (Wysor & Kooistra 2003).

Caribbean Islands: Bahamas (Taylor 1960), Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Suárez 2005), Jamaica (Taylor 1960), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960).

Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).

South America: Brazil (Taylor 1930, Taylor 1960, Oliveira Filho 1977, Moura 2010), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Mozambique (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Somalia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005).

Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996) the name Caulerpa selago has been misapplied to this species by Papenfuss (1952: 168) and Isaac (1956a: 168, fig. 6).

Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, pls 1-266 (colour photographs). Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.

Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

Famá, P., Wysor, B., Kooistra, W.H.C.F. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2002). Molecular phylogeny of the genus Caulerpa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) inferred from chloroplast tufA gene. Journal of Phycology 38: 1040-1050.

Stam, W.T., Olsen, J.L., Zaleski, S.F., Murray, S.N., Brown, K.R. & Walters, L.J. (2006). A forensic and phylogenetic survey of Caulerpa species (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) from the Florida coast, local aquarium shops, and e-commerce: establishing a proactive baseline for early detection. Journal of Phycology 42: 1113-1124.

SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Caulerpa&species=lanuginosa

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Caulerpa&Species=lanuginosa

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 03 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 16 August 2011 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 768 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=11560

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:71817