WoRMS taxon details
Caulerpa mexicana Sonder ex Kützing, 1849
AphiaID: 144468
AphiaID: 144468
| Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Bryopsidophyceae (Class) > Bryopsidales (Order) > Caulerpaceae (Family) > Caulerpa (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Caulerpa J.V. Lamouroux, 1809 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caulerpa crassifolia (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1873 Caulerpa crassifolia f. mexicana (Sonder ex Kützing) J.Agardh, 1873 (synonym) Caulerpa harveyana (synonym) Caulerpa pinnata f. mexicana (Sonder ex Kützing) Weber-van Bosse, 1898 (synonym) Caulerpa taxifolia var. crassifolia C.Agardh, 1823 (synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details] basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details] additional source: Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Forma Caulerpa mexicana f. exposita (Børgesen) Coppejans, 2004 Forma Caulerpa mexicana f. indica M.Umamaheswara Rao Forma Caulerpa mexicana f. laxior (Weber-van Bosse) W.R.Taylor, 1960 Forma Caulerpa mexicana f. pectinata (Kützing) W.R.Taylor, 1960 Forma Caulerpa mexicana f. vietnamica Pham-Hoàng Hô, 1966 Variety Caulerpa mexicana var. pluriseriata W.R.Taylor, 1975 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] East Africa [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Indian Ocean [details] Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | |||||||
| Links | Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) Published in AlgaeBase  To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (62 nucleotides; 38 proteins) To PESI To ITIS | |||||||
| Notes |
Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144468 | |||||||
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| Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Caulerpa mexicana Sonder ex Kützing, 1849. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144468 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||
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