Caulerpa serrulata (Forsskål) J.Agardh 1837

Current name: Caulerpa serrulata (Forsskål) J.Agardh
TanzaniaKatrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se)

Publication Details
Caulerpa serrulata (Forsskål) J.Agardh 1837: 174

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1837). Novae species algarum, quas in itinere ad oras maris rubri collegit Eduardus Rüppell; cum observationibus nonnullis in species rariores antea cognitas. Museum Senckenbergianum 2: 169-174.

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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
Fucus serrulatus Forsskål

Type Information
Type locality: Mokha, Yemen; (Silva & al. 1996: 841) Type: P. Forsskål; C (presumably); (under Fucus laminosus) (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 66)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), somewhat saw-toothed.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 March 1998 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 May 2024

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Habitat note
Widespread in warm seas. Exposed in the intertidal zone; dredged from 120 m, on soft bottom of greenish-light brown mud with a few shell fragments and larger particles; dredged from 110 m, on soft bottom of light brown mud with a few shell fragments; dredged from 9-11 m, on soft mud flat, with a few filamentous epiphytes; the low-light ecophene, or "boryana-ecophene", obtained from horizontal surfaces in deep water, in crevices and other shaded habitats in shallow water, on mud flats at ca. 10 m, where water movement presumably occurs, and at 110-120m, where the water is presumably still (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (23 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

Atlas Checklist note
Bolinao, Pangasinan (Fama et al. 2002: table1). - (16 August 2011) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 14 May 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025