Caulerpa simpliciuscula (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Bryopsidales
Family Caulerpaceae
Genus Caulerpa
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Caulerpa simpliciuscula, Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia. M.D. Guiry"
. © Michael Guiry (mike.guiry@nuigalway.ie).
From: Harvey, W.H. (1858-1863). Phycologia australica. Vols 1-5. Plates I-CCC. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. Available on CD from http://www.phycology.ugent.be/harvey.
Map Reef, near Yanchep, 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..
Publication details
Caulerpa simpliciuscula (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh 1823: 439
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.
Basionym
Fucus simpliciuscula R.Brown ex Turner
Type information
Type locality: Kent Islands, Bass Strait, Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 846).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ahnfeldtia simpliciuscula (R.Brown) Trevisan
Fucus simpliciuscula R.Brown ex Turner 1809
Chauvinia simpliciuscula (R.Brown ex Turner) Kützing 1849
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa simpliciuscula (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh)
South-east Asia: Indonesia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
Australia and New Zealand: Bass Strait (Huisman 2000), Houtman Abrolhos (Huisman 1997), Queensland (Lewis 1987 
), South Australia (Womersley 1984, Huisman 2000), Tasmania (Womersley 1984, Huisman 2000), Victoria (Womersley 1984, Huisman 2000), Western Australia (Womersley 1984, Huisman & Walker 1990, Huisman 2000).
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Caulerpa&species=simpliciuscula
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=simpliciuscula
Created: 07 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 23 September 2004 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1193 times since it was created.
References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)
Howard, R.J., Gayler, K.R. & Grant, B.R. (1975). Products of photosynthesis in Caulerpa simpliciuscula (Chorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 11: 463-471, 7 figs, 6 tables.
Howard, R.J., Grant, B.R. & Fock, H. (1977). Storage and structural products during photosynthesis in the siphonous alga Caulerpa simpliciuscula (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 13: 340-345, 6 figs, 1 table.
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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:62508
