Caulerpa zeyheri Kützing

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

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

South Africa. Robert Anderson. © Robert Anderson (Robert.Anderson@uct.ac.za).

KwaZulu-Natal. Frederic Leliaert. © Frederik Leliaert (Frederik.Leliaert@ugent.be). From: De Clerck, O., Bolton, J.J., Anderson, R.J. & Coppejans, E. (2005). Guide to the seaweeds of KwaZulu-Natal. Scripta Botanica Belgica 33: 1-294. Purchase information.

Caulerpa zeyheri Kützing KwaZulu-Natal

Publication details
Caulerpa zeyheri Kützing 1857: 4, pl. 8: fig. III

Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1857). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. 7 pp. i-ii, 1-40, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne).
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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.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Caulerpa racemosa var. zeyheri (Kützing) Weber-van Bosse 1898

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: “Küste des südlichen Africa’s” (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 850).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa zeyheri Kützing)
Africa: South Africa (Coppejans, Leliaert & Verbruggen 2005), Tanzania (Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005).

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

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=zeyheri

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 07 December 1999 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 06 May 2010 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 886 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=21618

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 23 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:62494