Caulerpa longifolia C.Agardh

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

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Caulerpa ? longifolia, Safety Cove, Tasmania, Australia. 01 Nov 2009. M.D. Guiry. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).

Rottnest Island, Western Australia. John Huisman. © John Huisman (j.huisman@murdoch.edu.au). From: Huisman, J.M. (2000). Marine Plants of Australia. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia..

Caulerpa longifolia C.Agardh Caulerpa ? longifolia, Safety Cove, Tasmania, Australia

Publication details
Caulerpa longifolia C.Agardh 1823: 437

Original publication: Agardh, C.A. (1823). Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis. Volumen primum pars posterior. pp. [vii-viii], [399]-531. Lundae [Lund]: ex officina Berlingiana.
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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.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), with long leaves.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: southern Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 825). Type: PC (Womersley 1984: 262).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa longifolia C.Agardh)
Australia and New Zealand: New Zealand (Adams 1994, Broady et al. 2012), South Australia (Womersley 1984), Tasmania (Womersley 1984, Savage et al. 2013), Victoria (Womersley 1984, Kevekordes et al 2006), Western Australia (Womersley 1984).

Key references
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=longifolia

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=longifolia

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 July 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 14 September 2006 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1007 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=11846

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 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:71553