Caulerpa scalpelliformis var. denticulata (Decaisne) Weber-van Bosse
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Bryopsidales
Family Caulerpaceae
Genus Caulerpa
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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 scalpelliformis var. denticulata (Decaisne) Weber-van Bosse 1898: 287-288
Original publication: Weber-van Bosse, A. (1898). Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: 243-401, Plates XX-XXXIV.
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
Caulerpa denticulata Decaisne
Type information
Syntype localities: various along eastern coast of Red Sea (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 840).
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Caulerpa denticulata Decaisne 1841
Caulerpa scalpelliformis f. denticulata (Decaisne) Svedelius 1906
General environment
This is a marine species.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa scalpelliformis var. denticulata (Decaisne) Weber-van Bosse)
South America: Brazil (Moura 2010).
Africa: Egypt (Papenfuss 1968), Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Bolton, Oyieke & Gwanda 2007), Mauritius (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Mozambique (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), South Africa (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Sudan (Papenfuss 1968), Tanzania (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
South-west Asia: Bangladesh (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996, Sahoo et al. 2001), Jordan (Papenfuss 1968), Lebanon (Famà, Wysor, Kooistra & Zuccarello 2002), Pakistan (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Southeast Arabian coast (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Yemen (Papenfuss 1968).
Asia: Japan (Okamura 1936, Segawa 1981, Yoshida, Nakajima & Nakata 1990, Yoshida 1998).
Pacific Islands: Samoan Archipelago (Skelton & South 1999).
(as Caulerpa scalpelliformis f. denticulata (Decaisne) Svedelius)
South America: Brazil (Oliveira Filho 1977).
Key references
Famá, P., Wysor, B., Kooistra, W.H.C.F. & Zuccarello, G.C. (2002). Molecular phylogeny of the genus Caulerpa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) inferred from chloroplast tufA gene. Journal of Phycology 38: 1040-1050.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Caulerpa&species=scalpelliformis
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=scalpelliformis
Created: 08 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry
Verified by: 16 August 2011 by Wendy Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1091 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.)
Kajimura, M. (1968). On fruiting season of Caulerpa scalpelliformis (R. Br) Ag. var. denticulata (Decsn.) Weber van Bosse in the Oki Islands, Shimane Prefecture. Bulletin of the Japanese Society for Phycology 14: 38-43.
Kajimura, M. (1969). On ecology of Caulerpa scalpelliformis var. denticulata in the Oki Islands. Mem. Fac, Liter. Sci., Shimane Univ. Nat. Sci. 2: 81-98.
Kajimura, M. (1977). On dioecious and isogamous reproduction of Caulerpa scalpelliformis (R. Br.) Ag. var. denticulata (Decsn.) Weber van Bosse from the Oki Islands, Shimane Prefecture. Bulletin of the Japanese Society for Phycology 25: 27-33.
Kajimura, M. 1970 (1970). On swarmer production and discharge in
Kajimura, M. 1984 (1984). On ecology of Caulerpa scalpelliformis var. denticulata in the Oki Islands II. : .
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Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013.
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Algaebase taxon LSID: No taxonomy record found for this level.
