Caulerpa dichotoma Svedelius

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

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Publication details
Caulerpa dichotoma Svedelius 1906: 127-129, figs. 23, 24

Original publication: Svedelius, N. (1906). Reports on the marine algae of Ceylon. No. 1. Ecological and systematic studies of the Ceylon species of Caulerpa. Reports of the Ceylon Marine Biological Laboratory 2(4): 81-144, 51 figs.

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), dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs (Stearn 1973).

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Weligama, Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 818). Type: N. Svedelius; On sandy bottom, at a depth 1-2 m. (Svedelius 1906: 127).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa dichotoma Svedelius)
South-west Asia: Sri Lanka (Svedelius 1906, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

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

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=dichotoma

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 16 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 24 July 2007 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 617 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=21302

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:62799