Caulerpa obscura Sonder

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

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Australia. 09 Dec 2011. Robert Anderson (anderson@botzoo.uct.ac.za). © Robert Anderson (anderson@botzoo.uct.ac.za).

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 obscura Sonder Australia

Publication details
Caulerpa obscura Sonder 1845: 50

Original publication: Sonder, G. (1845). Nova algarum genera et species, quas in itinere ad oras occidentales Novae Hollandiae, collegit L. Priess, Ph. Dr. Botanische Zeitung 3: 49-57.
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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), dark, shady, indisctinct (Stearn 1973).

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Chauvinia obscura (Sonder) Trevisan 1849

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Caulerpa sonderi F.Müller 1853
Caulerpa obscura f. sonderi (Mueller) Weber-van Bosse 1898

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Western Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 827). Type: Preiss; (Womersley 1984: 265). Notes: Not located in MEL (Womersley, 1984: 265).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa obscura Sonder)
Australia and New Zealand: Houtman Abrolhos (Huisman 1997), South Australia (Womersley 1984, Huisman 2000, Copertino et al. 2005), Tasmania (Womersley 1984, Huisman 2000), Victoria (Womersley 1984, Huisman 2000, Kevekordes et al 2006, Shepherd et al. 2009), Western Australia (Womersley 1984, Huisman & Walker 1990, Huisman 2000).

Key references
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=obscura

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=obscura

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 20 November 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 14 September 2006 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 704 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=21429

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 21 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:62677