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Caulerpella ambigua (Okamura) Prud'homme van Reine & Lokhorst, 1992 
AphiaID: 221159

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Viridaeplantae (Subkingdom) > Chlorophyta (Phylum) > Bryopsidophyceae (Class) > Bryopsidales (Order) > Caulerpaceae (Family) > Caulerpella (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Caulerpella Prud’homme van Reine & Lokhorst, 1992
Synonymised
taxa
  Bryopsis ambigua (Okamura) Okamura, 1902 (synonym)
Caulerpa ambigua Okamura, 1897 (synonym)
Caulerpa ambigua var. luxurians (W.R.Taylor) Eubank, 1946
Caulerpa biloba Kempermann & Stegenga, 1983 (synonym)
Caulerpa vickersiae Børgesen, 1911 (synonym)
Caulerpa vickersiae var. furcifolia W.R.Taylor, 1933 (synonym)
Caulerpa vickersiae var. luxurians W.R.Taylor, 1928 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

basis of record: Coppejans, E., F. Leliaert & O. De Clerck (1999). Annotated list of new records of marine macroalgae of Kenya and Tanzania, since Isaac's and Jaasund's publications. [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]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Isaac, W.E. (1967). Marine Botany of the Kenya Coast 1. A First List of Kenya Marine Algae. Journal of East Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. XXXVI 2 (114): 75 - 84. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Gulf of Mexico [details]
Japan [details]
Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Pacific Ocean [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Notes  Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]

Remark: This species was not found according to Silva (1996). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221159
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2000-08-21 09:44:54Z  created  Vermaercke, Sigrid
2000-08-23 07:47:56Z  changed  Vermaercke, Sigrid
2010-12-13 10:09:16Z  changed  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Caulerpella ambigua (Okamura) Prud'homme van Reine & Lokhorst, 1992. 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=221159 on 2013-05-24
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