Caulerpa nummularia Harvey ex J.Agardh
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Bryopsidales
Family Caulerpaceae
Genus Caulerpa
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1. Fragment showing discs sprouting from the margins of parent blades. 2. Habit. 3. Plants overgrowing lobster farm constructions (Mot Island, Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam).. 29 Feb 2012. Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru). © Eduard and Tamara Titlyanova (etitlyanov@mail.ru).
Hawaii; scale is 5 mm. 15 Aug 2011. J.M. Huisman. © J.M. Huisman. From: Huisman JM, Abbott IA, Smith CM (2007). Hawaiian reef plants. University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program, Honolulu. 264 p. Available from Seagrant, University of Hawai'i.
Panama. Habit. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. In situ. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
Panama. In situ. D.S. Littler. © Diane Littler (littlerd@si.edu).
KwaZulu-Natal. Tom Schils. © Tom Schils (tom@schils.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.
Publication details
Caulerpa nummularia Harvey ex J.Agardh 1873: 38
Original publication: Agardh, J.G. (1873). Till algernes systematik. Nya bidrag. Lunds Universitets Års-Skrift, Afdelningen for Mathematik och Naturvetenskap 9(8): 1-71.
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 peltata var. nummularia (Harvey ex J.Agardh) Weber-van Bosse 1898
Caulerpa racemosa var. nummularia (Harvey ex J.Agardh) D.Dixit 1926
General environment
This is a Marine species.
Distribution by country
Type information
Syntype localities: Tonga; Nukahiva, Marquesas Islands (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 827).
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa nummularia Harvey ex J.Agardh)
Central America: Belize (Littler & Littler 1997), Panama (Fernández-García et al. 2011).
Caribbean Islands: Caribbean (Littler & Littler 2000), Puerto Rico (Ballantine, Ruiz & Aponte 2004).
Western Atlantic: Trop. & Subtrop. W. Atlantic (Wynne 2011).
Africa: Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), South Africa (Coppejans, Leliaert & Verbruggen 2005), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Oliveira, Österlund & Mtolera 2005).
South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
Asia: China (Tseng 1984), Japan (Okamura 1936, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998).
South-east Asia: Vietnam (Titlyanov & Titlyanov 2012).
Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Cribb 1996).
Pacific Islands: Fiji (South & Skelton 2003, Littler & Littler 2003), Hawaiian Islands (Abbott & Huisman, 2004, Hodgson et al. 2004, Huisman, Abbott & Smith 2007), Republic of Palau (Lobban & N'Yeurt 2006).
(as Caulerpa peltata var. nummularia (Harvey ex J.Agardh) Weber-van Bosse)
South-east Asia: Philippines (Silva, Meñez & Moe 1987).
Key references
Ballantine, D.L., Ruiz, H. & Aponte, N.E. (2004). Notes on the benthic marine algae of Puerto Rico VIII. Additions to the flora. Botanica Marina 47: 335-340, 11 figs.
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.
Skelton, P.A. & South, G.R. (2007). The benthic marine algae of the Samoan Archipelago, South Pacific, with emphasis on the Apia District. Nova Hedwigia Beihefte 132: 1-350.
Titlyanov, E.A. & Titlyanov, T.V. (2012). Marine plants of the Asian Pacific Region countries, their use and cultivation. pp. [1]-376, many col. photographs. Vladivostok: Dalnauka & A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Caulerpa&species=nummularia
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=nummularia
Created: 08 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 26 February 2013 by M.D. Guiry
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Citing AlgaeBase
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 25 May 2013.
Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:73979
