Caulerpa scalpelliformis (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh 1817

Publication Details
Caulerpa scalpelliformis (R.Brown ex Turner) C.Agardh 1817: xxii

Published in: Agardh, C.A. (1817). Synopsis algarum Scandinaviae, adjecta dispositione universali algarum. pp. [i]-xl, [1]-135. Lundae [Lund]: Ex officina Berlingiana.

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Publication date: Mai-Dec 1817 (p. vii: i Mai 1817)

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 scalpelliformis R.Brown ex Turner

Type Information
Type locality: southern coast of Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 838) Type: R. Brown; BM; (Womersley 1984: 258)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 12 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 15 May 2024

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Nomenclatural note
Børgesen (1940) cites this species as Caulerpa scalpelliformis (R. Brown) Web. v. Bosse. - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
Belton et al. (2014: 46) postulate that C. scalpelliformis is represented by multiple genetic species. - (15 July 2015) - M.D. Guiry

Distributional note
This species was apparently introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 255) via the Suez Canal, which opened in 1869, being first confirmed from Israel in 1929. It is now found on the Levantine coast, Turkey, and Egypt. - (06 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

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