Caulerpa elongata Weber-van Bosse
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Bryopsidales
Family Caulerpaceae
Genus Caulerpa
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Tanzania. Katrin Østerlund. © Katrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se). From: Oliveira, E., Österlund, K. & Mtolera, M.S.P. (2005). Marine Plants of Tanzania. A field guide to the seaweeds and seagrasses. pp. 267, Numerous coloured illustrations and line drawings. Stockholm: Botany Department, Stockholm University.
Publication details
Caulerpa elongata Weber-van Bosse 1898: 271-272, pl. XXI: figs 5, 6
Original publication: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1898). Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: 243-401, Plates XX-XXXIV.
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), elongated (Stearn 1973).
Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Syntype localities: Macassar (Ujung Pandang), Celebes, Indonesia; Tongatapu, Tonga (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 819).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa elongata Weber-van Bosse)
Africa: Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Bolton, Oyieke & Gwanda 2007), Mozambique (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Somalia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005).
South-east Asia: Indonesia (Verheij & Prud'homme van Reine 1993, Verheij & Prud'homme van Reine 1993, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987).
Australia and New Zealand: Papua New Guinea (Coppejans et al. 2001).
Pacific Islands: Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Hodgson et al. 2004), Mariana Islands (Tsuda 2003), Marshall Islands (Taylor 1950), Solomon Islands (Littler & Littler 2003).
Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996) the following names have been misapplied to this species by various authors: Caulerpa lanuginosa, Caulerpa pickeringii, Caulerpa vickersiae and Caulerpa webbiana forma tomentella. Please consult original reference for more information.
Source of synonymy
Hodgson, L.M. Pham Huu Tri, Lewmanomont, K. & McDermid, K.J. (2004). Annotated checklist of species of Caulerpa and Caulerpella (Bryopsidales, Caulerpaceae) from Vietnam, Thailand and the Hawaiian Islands. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to the Pacific and other locations Volume IX. (Abbott, I.A. & McDermid, K.J. Eds) Vol.9, pp. 21-38.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Caulerpa&species=elongata
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=elongata
Created: 20 July 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 13 July 2005 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 939 times since it was created.
Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=19377
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 24 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:64619
