Caulerpa crassifolia (C.Agardh) J.Agardh

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

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Publication details
Caulerpa crassifolia (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1873: 13

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 currently regarded as a taxonomic synonym of Caulerpa mexicana Sonder ex Kützing

Basionym
Caulerpa taxifolia var. crassifolia C.Agardh

Type information
Syntype localities: Indian Ocean; Red Sea; West Indies (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 825).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa crassifolia (C.Agardh) J.Agardh)
Caribbean Islands: Trinidad & Tobago (Duncan & Lee Lum 2006).

Africa: Mauritius (Børgesen 1952).

South-west Asia: Israel (Nemlich & Danin 1964).

Pacific Islands: Marshall Islands (Taylor 1950).

Source of synonymy
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.W. & Moe, R.L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: 1-1259.

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

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=crassifolia

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 13 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 31 January 2011 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 813 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=16903

Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
M.D. 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 24 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.