Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Sonder) Verlaque, Huisman & Boudouresque
Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Class Ulvophyceae
Order Bryopsidales
Family Caulerpaceae
Genus Caulerpa
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Publication details
Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Sonder) Verlaque, Huisman & Boudouresque 2003: 336
Original publication: Verlaque, M., Durand, C., Huisman, J.M., Boudouresque, C-F., & Le Parco, Y. (2003). On the identity and origin of the Mediterranean invasive Caulerpa racemosa (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta). European Journal of Phycology 38: 325-339.
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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
Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder
Type information
Type locality: Western Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 830). Type: Preiss; MEL 516014 (Womersley 1984: 270).
Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), with flowers borne in racemes.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder 1845
Ahnfeldtia cylindracea (Sonder) Trevisan 1849
Chauvinia cylindracea (Sonder) Kützing 1849
Ahnfeldtia cylindracea (Sonder) Trevisan 1849
Caulerpa racemosa var. [laetevirens] f. cylindracea (Sonder) Weber-van Bosse 1898
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Caulerpa racemosa f. macra
Caulerpa cylindracea var. macra Harvey 1858
General environment
This is a Marine species.
Usage notes
Verlaque et al. (2003) provided evidence that this is the correct name for the entity that has aggressively spreaded throughout the Mediterranean Sea since the early 1990s.
Distribution by country
Detailed distribution with sources
(as Caulerpa racemosa var. [laetevirens] f. cylindracea (Sonder) Weber-van Bosse)
North America: Isla Guadalupe (Setchell & Gardner 1930).
Central America: México (Pacific) (Pedroche et al. 2005).
Africa: Kenya (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
South-west Asia: India (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996), Sri Lanka (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996).
Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Lewis 1987), South Australia (Womersley 2003), Western Australia (Womersley 1984, Huisman & Walker 1990, Huisman 2000, Verlque, Durand ,Huisman, Boudouresque & Le Parco 2003).
(as Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Sonder) Verlaque, Huisman & Boudouresque)
Europe: Albania (Piazzi et al. 2005), Balearic Islands (Piazzi et al. 2005, Box et al. 2010), Corsica (Piazzi et al. 2005), Crete (Piazzi et al. 2005), Croatia (Piazzi et al. 2005, Zuljevic et al. 2012), France (Piazzi et al. 2005, Capiomont et al. 2005), Greece (Piazzi et al. 2005, Tsirika & Haritonidis 2005), Italy (Piazzi et al. 2005, Flagella et al.2008, Jongma et al. 2013), Malta (Piazzi et al. 2005), Pelagean Islands (Alongi et al. 2012), Sardinia (Piazzi et al. 2005), Sicily (Jongma et al. 2013), Spain (Piazzi et al. 2005).
Atlantic Islands: Canary Islands (Moreira-Reyes et al 2003, Hernández-González et al. 2004a, Hernández-González et al. 2004b, Moreira-Reyes, Soler-Onís & Gil-Rodríguez 2005, Moreira-Reyes et al. 2006, Gil-Rodríguez et al. 2007).
Africa: Libya (Piazzi et al. 2005), Tunisia (Piazzi et al. 2005).
South-west Asia: Cyprus (Piazzi et al. 2005), Turkey (Asia) (Piazzi et al. 2005, Jongma et al. 2013).
Australia and New Zealand: Queensland (Savage et al. 2013), South Australia (Savage et al. 2013 
), Western Australia (Verlque, Durand ,Huisman, Boudouresque & Le Parco 2003, Savage et al. 2013).
Pacific Islands: New Caledonia (Savage et al. 2013).
Key references
Capiomont, A., Breugnot, E., den Haan, M. & Meinesz, A. (2005). Phenology of a deep-water population of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Botanica Marina 48: 80-83.
Piazzi, L., Meinesz, A., Verlaque, M., Açali, B., Antolic, B., Argyrou, M., Baltana, D., Ballesteros, E., Calvo, S., Cinelli, F., Cirik, S., Cossu, A., d'Archino, R., Djellouli, A.S., Javel, F., Lanfranco, E., Mifsud, C., Pala, D., Panayotidis, P., Peirano, A., Pergent, G., Petrocelli, A., Ruitton, S., Zuljevic, A. & Ceccherelli, G. (2005). Invasion of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) in the Mediterranean Sea: an assessment of the spread. Cryptogamie, Algologie 26: 189-202.
Rodríguez-Prieto, C., Ballesteros, E., Boisset, F. & Afonso-Carrillo, J. (2013). Guía de las macroalgas y fanerógamas marinas del Mediterráneo occidental. pp. [1]-656. Barcelona: Ediciones Omega, S.A..
Sauvage, T., Payri, C., Draisma, S.G.A., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F., Verbruggen, H., Belton, G.S., Gurgel, F.D., Gabriel, D., Sherwood, A.R. & Fredericq, S. (2013). Molecular diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa-Caulerpa peltata complex (Caulerpaceae, Bryopsidales) in New Caledonia, with new Australasian records for C. racemosa var. cylindracea. Phycologia 52(1): 6-13.
Zuljevic, A., Antolic, B., Nikolic, V., Despalatovic, M. & Cvitkovic, I. (2012). Absence of successful sexual reproduction of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea in the Adriatic Sea. Phycologia 51(3): 283-286.
SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Caulerpa&species=racemosa
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=racemosa
Created: 21 February 2004 by Fabio Rindi
Verified by: 07 May 2013 by M.D. Guiry
Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 4145 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.)
Bernardeau Esteller, J. & Martínez Garrido, J. (2010). Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea en el Mediterraneo: Estudios en la Región de Murcia. ALGAS. Boletín de Sociedad Española de Ficología 43: 19-26, 6 Fig.
Capiomont, A., Breugnot, E., den Haan, M. & Meinesz, A. (2005). Phenology of a deep-water population of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Botanica Marina 48: 80-83.
Capiomont, A., Breunot, E., den Hanne, M. & Meinesz, A. (2005). Phenology of a deepwater population of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea in the northwestern Mediterranean See. Botanica Marina 48: 80-83.
Ceccherelli, G. & Piazzi, L. (2005). Exploring the success of manual eradication of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta): the effect of habitat. Cryptogamie 26: 319-328.
Flagella, M.M., Lorenti, M. & Buia, M.C. (2008). Temperature response in a shallow-water Mediterranean population of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta), and a possible strategy of season anticipation. Botanica Marina 51(4): 278-277.
Klein, J. (2007). Impact de Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) sur les communautés macrophytiques en Méditerranée nord-occidentale. : Thèse de Doctorat, Université Aix-Marseille II, France. 315 pp.
Moreira-Reyes, A. & Gil-Rodríguez, M.C. (2008). Variaciones espaciales y temporales de Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Chlorophycota) en Los Cristianos e Igueste de San Andrés, Tenerife, Islas Canarias. Vieraea 36: 91-102.
Piazzi, L. & Ceccherelli, G. (2006). Persistence of biological invasion effects: Recovery of macroalgal assemblages after removal of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 68: 455-461.
Piazzi, L., Meinesz, A., Verlaque, M., Açali, B., Antolic, B., Argyrou, M., Baltana, D., Ballesteros, E., Calvo, S., Cinelli, F., Cirik, S., Cossu, A., d'Archino, R., Djellouli, A.S., Javel, F., Lanfranco, E., Mifsud, C., Pala, D., Panayotidis, P., Peirano, A., Pergent, G., Petrocelli, A., Ruitton, S., Zuljevic, A. & Ceccherelli, G. (2005). Invasion of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta) in the Mediterranean Sea: an assessment of the spread. Cryptogamie, Algologie 26: 189-202.
Sauvage, T., Payri, C., Draisma, S.G.A., Prud'homme van Reine, W.F., Verbruggen, H., Belton, G.S., Gurgel, F.D., Gabriel, D., Sherwood, A.R. & Fredericq, S. (2013). Molecular diversity of the Caulerpa racemosa-Caulerpa peltata complex (Caulerpaceae, Bryopsidales) in New Caledonia, with new Australasian records for C. racemosa var. cylindracea. Phycologia 52(1): 6-13.
Verlaque, M., Afonso-Carillo, J., Gil-Rodríguez, M.C., Durand, C., Boudouresque, C.F. & Le Parco, Y. 2004 (2004). Blitzkrieg in a marine invasion: Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) reaches the Canary Islands (north-east Atlantic). Biological Invasions 6: 269-281.
Zuljevic, A., Antolic, B., Nikolic, V., Despalatovic, M. & Cvitkovic, I. (2012). Absence of successful sexual reproduction of Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea in the Adriatic Sea. Phycologia 51(3): 283-286.
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