Caulerpa filiformis (Suhr) Hering 1841

Caulerpa filiformis (Suhr) Hering

Current name: Caulerpa filiformis (Suhr) Hering
Farm Cove, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Harbour, NSW, Australia - 19 November 2010. M.D. Guiry

Publication Details
Caulerpa filiformis (Suhr) Hering 1841: 91

Published in: Hering, [K.] (1841). Diagnoses algarum novarum a cl. Dre. Ferdinand Krauss in Africa Australi lectarum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History [Series 1] 8: 90-92.

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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
Amphibolis filiformis Suhr

Type Information
Type locality: "Algoa-Bai" [Algoa Bay, Cape Province, South Africa]; (Suhr 1834: 737) Type: Ecklon; (Index Nominum Algarum)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), thread-like (Stearn 1973).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 08 September 1996 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 10 March 2020

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 10 March 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 29 March 2024

 
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