Caulerpa bikinensis W.R.Taylor

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

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Palau Islands, West Pacific, 30 m deep. Hideo Ohba. © Palau International Coral Reef Center. From: Ohba, H., Victor, S., Golbuu, Y. & Yukihira, H. (2007) Tropical Marine Plants of Palau. pp. 153. PICRC & JICA..

Palau Islands, West Pacific, 30 m deep. Hideo Ohba. © Palau International Coral Reef Center. From: Ohba, H., Victor, S., Golbuu, Y. & Yukihira, H. (2007) Tropical Marine Plants of Palau. pp. 153. PICRC & JICA..

Palau Islands, West Pacific, 30 m deep. Hideki Yukihira. © Palau International Coral Reef Center. From: Ohba, H., Victor, S., Golbuu, Y. & Yukihira, H. (2007) Tropical Marine Plants of Palau. pp. 153. PICRC & JICA..

Palau Islands, West Pacific, 30 m deep. 22 Nov 2002. Hideo Ohba. © Palau International Coral Reef Center. From: Ohba, H., Victor, S., Golbuu, Y. & Yukihira, H. (2007) Tropical Marine Plants of Palau. pp. 153. PICRC & JICA..

Caulerpa bikinensis W.R.Taylor Palau Islands, West Pacific, 30 m deep

Publication details
Caulerpa bikinensis W.R.Taylor 1950: 66-67, 204, pl. 33

Original publication: Taylor, W.R. (1950). Plants of Bikini and other northern Marshall Islands. pp. xv + 227, 79 pls. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

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.

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

General environment
This is a marine species.

Type information
Type locality: Bikini Atoll (Taylor 1950: 67). Holotype: W.R. Taylor 46-206; Dredged from 77-106 m on the seaweed side of the reef. MICH (Taylor 1950: 67).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa bikinensis W.R.Taylor)
Pacific Islands: Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003), French Polynesia (Payri, N'Yeurt & Orempuller 2000), Marshall Islands (Taylor 1950), Republic of Palau (Ohba et al 2007).

Source of synonymy
Taylor, W.R. (1950). Plants of Bikini and other northern Marshall Islands. pp. xv + 227, 79 pls. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

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

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=bikinensis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 28 March 2001 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 12 December 2005 by M.D. Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 671 times since it was created.

Linking to this page: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=24978

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 June 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:59305