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Caulerpa brachypus Harvey, 1860 
AphiaID: 211498

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 anceps Harvey, 1873 (synonym)
Caulerpa brachypus f. exposita Børgesen, 1951 (synonym)
Caulerpa brachypus var. mauritiana (Børgesen) Børgesen, 1948 (synonym)
Caulerpa mauritiana Børgesen, 1940 (synonym)
Caulerpa simplex Levring, 1938 (synonym)
Caulerpa stahlii Weber-van Bosse, 1898 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

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]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Variety Caulerpa brachypus var. brasiliana A.B.Joly & Semir
Variety Caulerpa brachypus var. nordestina A.B.Joly & Semir

Forma Caulerpa brachypus f. exposita Børgesen, 1951 accepted as Caulerpa brachypus Harvey, 1860
Forma Caulerpa brachypus f. parvifolia (Harvey) A.B.Cribb, 1958 (unaccepted, synonym)
Variety Caulerpa brachypus var. mauritiana (Børgesen) Børgesen, 1948 accepted as Caulerpa brachypus Harvey, 1860
Environment marine
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211498
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-05-08 06:59:56Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2000-08-23 07:47:56Z  changed  Vermaercke, Sigrid
2010-12-13 13:21:19Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Caulerpa brachypus Harvey, 1860. 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=211498 on 2013-05-23
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