The marine green and brown algae of Rodrigues (Mauritius, Indian Ocean)
Author
Coppejans, Eric
Author
Leliaert, Frederik
Author
Verbruggen, Heroen
Author
de Clerck, Olivier
Author
Schils, Tom
Author
de Vriese, Thomas
Author
Marie, Daniel
text
Journal of Natural History
2004
2004-12-01
38
23
2959
3020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930410001695024
journal article
10.1080/00222930410001695024
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Caulerpa lanuginosa
J.
Agardh, 1873: 28
References:
Jaasund, 1976: 21
, figure 43;
Sartoni, 1978: 405
, 412–413;
Littler and Littler, 2000: 362
, figure p. 363.
Type
locality.
Key West
,
Florida
,
USA
.
Vouchers.
HEC
14655 (zF),
19 September 2001
, Gravier (s.s. 16)
;
HEC
14863,
30 September 2001
, south-western lagoon (s.s. 27)
.
Ecology.
On sand or sand-covered rock at about spring low tide level.
FIGS 14–18.
Caulerpa
. (14)
Caulerpa cupressoides
var.
lycopodium
f.
elegans
, small, elegant specimen (HEC 14691). (15)
Caulerpa cupressoides
var.
lycopodium
f.
elegans
, coarse specimen with richly branched assimilators (HEC 14820). (16)
Caulerpa sertularioides
f.
sertularioides
, last order branchlets in a single plane (HEC 14739). (17)
Caulerpa sertularioides
f.
farlowii
, last order branchlets in several planes (HEC 14690). (18)
Caulerpa webbiana
(HEC 14699). Scale bars: 1 cm.
Distribution.
Mozambique
, Rodrigues (this paper),
Somalia
,
South Africa
,
Tanzania
.
Note.
For a comparison with
C. webbiana
, see the latter species.