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Caulerpa brownii (C.Agardh) Endlicher

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

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Kangaroo Island, South Australia. 20 Oct 2009. M.D. Guiry. © M.D. Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Petticoat Creek, Victoria, Australia. 04 Dec 2010. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

New Zealand. Erasmo Macaya Horta. © Erasmo Macaya Horta (emacaya@oceanografia.udec.cl).

Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. 14 Jan 2007. Erasmo Macaya Horta. © Erasmo Macaya Horta (emacaya@oceanografia.udec.cl).

Caulerpa brownii (C.Agardh) Endlicher Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Publication details
Caulerpa brownii (C.Agardh) Endlicher 1843: 16

Original publication: Endlicher, S.L. (1843). Mantissa botanica altera. Sistens genera plantarum supplementum tertium. pp. [i-vi], 1-111. Vindobonae [Vienna]: apud Fridericum Beck, Universitatis Bibliopolam.
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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.

Basionym
Caulerpa selago var. brownii C.Agardh

Type information
Type locality: Kent Islands, Bass Strait, Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 815). Type: R. Brown; LD, Herb. Agardh 16647 (Womersley 1984: 264).

Eponomy
Named for Robert Brown (1773-1858), British collector, botanist and microscopist.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Caulerpa selago var. brownii C.Agardh 1823
Chauvinia selago var. brownii (C.Agardh) Trevisan 1849

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Caulerpa furcifolia J.D.Hooker & Harvey 1847
Chauvinia furcifolia (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Trevisan 1849

General environment
This is a marine species.

Distribution by country

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa brownii (C.Agardh) Endlicher)
Australia and New Zealand: Bass Strait (Huisman 2000), Chatham Islands (Womersley 1984), Lord Howe Island (Womersley 1984, Lewis 1987, Millar & Kraft 1994), New Zealand (Womersley 1984, Nelson & Phillips 1996, Adams 1997, Huisman 2000, Broady et al. 2012), South Australia (Womersley 1984, Huisman 2000, Copertino et al. 2005), Tasmania (Womersley 1984, Huisman 2000), Victoria (Womersley 1984, Huisman 2000, Kevekordes et al 2006), Western Australia (Womersley 1984, Huisman 2000).

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.

Copertino, M., Connell, S.D. & Cheshire, A. (2005). The prevalence and production of turf-forming algae on a temperate subtidal coast. Phycologia 44: 241-248.

Kevekordes, K., Holland, D., Haubner, N., Jenkins, S., Koss, R., Roberts, S., Raven, J.A., Scrimgeour, C.M., Shelly, K., Stojkovic, S. & Beardall, J. (2006). Inorganic carbon acquisition by eight species of Caulerpa (Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta). Phycologia 45: 442-449.

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

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=brownii

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 22 January 2009 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 2261 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=11771

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:71622

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