Caulerpa cupressoides (West) C.Agardh

Publication details
Caulerpa cupressoides (West) C.Agardh 1817: xxiii

Original publication: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. 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 cupressoides West

Type information
Type locality: St Croix, Virgin Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 815).

Origin of species name
(Latin), cypress-like or resembling cypress.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fucus cupressoides West 1802
Chauvinia cupressoides (M.Vahl) Trevisan 1849

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Chauvinia indica Sonder ex Kützing 1857
Caulerpa triangularis Mazé & Schramm 1878

General environment
This is a Marine species.

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa cupressoides (West) C.Agardh)
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Gil-Rodríguez & Afonso-Carrillo 1980, Haroun et al. 2002, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2003, John et al. 2004), Cape Verde Islands (Otero-Schmitt & Sanjuan 1992, John et al. 2004, Prud'homme van Reine, Haroun & Kostermans 2005).

North America: Florida (Taylor 1960, Dawes 1974, Littler, Littler & Hanisak 2008), Mexico (Taylor 1960, Robledo & Freile-Pelegrín 2005).

Central America: Belize (Taylor 1960, Littler & Littler 1997), México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2005), Panama (Taylor 1960, Wysor & Kooistra 2003).

Caribbean Islands: Bahamas (Taylor 1960), Barbados (Taylor 1960, Taylor 1969), Caicos Islands (Taylor 1960), Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Cuba (Taylor 1960, Suárez 2005), Hispaniola (Taylor 1960), Jamaica (Taylor 1960), Lesser Antilles (Taylor 1960), Martinique (Rodríguez-Prieto, Michanek & Ivon 1999), Tobago (Taylor 1960), Trinidad & Tobago (Duncan & Lee Lum 2006), Virgin Islands (Taylor 1960).

South America: Brazil (Taylor 1960), Colombia (Taylor 1960), Venezuela (Ganesan 1990).

Africa: Cameroon (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Madagascar (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mauritania (John et al. 2004), Mauritius (Børgesen 1940, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mozambique (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), São Tomé & Príncipe (Lawson & John 1987, John, Lawson & Ameka, 2003, John et al. 2004), Somalia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Coppejans, Leliaert & Verbruggen 2005, Coppejans, Leliaert & Verbruggen 2005), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005).

Indian Ocean Islands: Aldabra Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Amirante Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Andaman Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Chagos Archipelago (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Diego Garcia Atoll (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Farquhar Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Laccadive Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Seychelles (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Yemen (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).

Asia: China (Tseng 1984), Japan (Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990).

South-east Asia: Indonesia (Verheij & Prud'homme van Reine 1993, Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987), Thailand (Hodgson et al. 2004), Vietnam (Hodgson et al. 2004, Tsutsui et al. 2005).

Australia and New Zealand: Lord Howe Island (Huisman 2000, Kraft 2000), Norfolk Island (Lewis 1987), Papua New Guinea (Coppejans et al. 2001), Queensland (Lewis 1987, Cribb 1996, Phillips 1997, Phillips 2002), Western Australia (Huisman & Walker 1990, Huisman 2000, Huisman & Borowitzka 2003).

Pacific Islands: American Samoa (Skelton et al. 2004), Federated States of Micronesia (Lobban & Tsuda 2003), Fiji (N'Yeurt, South & Keats 1996, South & Skelton 2003, Littler & Littler 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Hodgson et al. 2004, Abbott & Huisman, 2004), Solomon Islands (Womersley & Bailey 1970), Wake Atoll (Tsuda, Abbott & Foster 2006).

Taxonomic notes
According to Silva et al. (1996) the name Caulerpa clavifera has been misapplied to this species by Jadin (1935: 156, in part). Please consult original reference for more information. According to South & Skelton (2003), Caulerpa juniperoides J. Agardh 1883 and Caulerpa urvilleana Montagne var. vitiensis Weber-van Bosse 1898 are synonyms of this species.

Nomenclatural notes
Lawson & John (1987) cite this species as Caulerpa cupressoides (West ex Vahl) C. Agardh, 1823.

Key references
Braune, W. (2008). Meeresalgen. Ein Farbbildführer zu den verbreiteten benthischen Grün- Braun- und Rotalgen der Weltmeere. pp. [1]-596, 266 pls. Ruggell: A.R.G. Gantner Verlag.

Dawes, C.J. & Mathieson, A.C. (2008). The seaweeds of Florida. pp. [i]- viii, [1]-591, [592], pls I-LI. Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida.

Hodgson, L.M. Pham Huu Tri, Lewmanomont, K. & McDermid, K.J. (2004). Annotated checklist of species of Caulerpa and Caulerpella (Bryopsidales, Caulerpaceae) from Vietnam, Thailand and the Hawaiian Islands. In: Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds with reference to the Pacific and other locations Volume IX. (Abbott, I.A. & McDermid, K.J. Eds) Vol.9, pp. 21-38.

Kraft, G.T. (2007). Algae of Australia. Marine benthic algae of Lord Howe Island and the southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green algae. pp. [i-iv], v-vi, 1-347, 110 text-figs; 11 pls. Canberra & Melbourne: Australian Biological Resources Study & CSIRO Publishing.

Littler, D.S. & Littler, M.M. (1997). An illustrated flora of the Pelican Cays, Belize. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 9: 1-149, 190 figs..

Pedroche, F.F., Silva, P.C., Aguilar-Rosas, L.E., Dreckmann, K.M. & Aguilar-Rosas, R. (2005). Catálogo de las algas marinas bentónicas del Pacífico de México. I. Chlorophycota. pp. i-viii, 17-146. Ensenada, México: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California.

Skelton, P.A. & South, G.R. (2004). New records and notes on marine benthic algae of American Samoa - Chlorophyta & Phaeophyta. Cryptogamie Algologie 25: 291-312.

Stam, W.T., Olsen, J.L., Zaleski, S.F., Murray, S.N., Brown, K.R. & Walters, L.J. (2006). A forensic and phylogenetic survey of Caulerpa species (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) from the Florida coast, local aquarium shops, and e-commerce: establishing a proactive baseline for early detection. Journal of Phycology 42: 1113-1124.

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Created: 08 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 10 August 2009 by M.D. Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Benevides, N.M.B., Holanda, M.L., Melo, F.R., Pereira, M.G., Monteiro, A.C.O. & Freitas, A.L.P. (2001). Purification and partial characterization of the lectin from the marine green alga Caulerpa cupressoides (Vahl) C. Agardh. Botanica Marina 44: 17-22.
Nielsen, R. & Price, I.R. (2001). Typification of Caulerpa cupressoides (Vahl) C. Agardh and C. taxifolia (Vahl) C. Agardh (Chlorophyta, Caulerpaceae). Taxon 50: 827-836.
Williams, S.L. & Dennison, W.C. (1990). Light availability and diurnal growth of a green macroalga (Caulerpa cupressoides) and a seagrass (Halophila decipiens). Marine Biology, Berlin 106: 437-443.
Williams, S.L. & Fisher, T.R. (1985). Kinetics of nitrogen -15 labelled ammonium uptake by Caulerpa cupressoides (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 21: 287-296, 5 figs, 3 tables.
Williams, S.L. (1984). Decomposition of the tropical macroalga Caulerpa cupressoides (West) C. Agardh: field and laboratory studies. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 80: 109-124.