Caulerpa parvifolia Harvey 1860
Current name: Caulerpa parvifolia Harvey
Publication Details
Caulerpa parvifolia Harvey 1860: pl. CLXXII [172]
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1860). Phycologia australica: or, a history of Australian seaweeds; comprising coloured figures and descriptions of the more characteristic marine algae of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, and a synopsis of all known Australian algae. Vol. 3. pp. viii, pls CXXI-CLXXX (with text). London: Lovell Reeve & Co..
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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.
Type Information
Type locality: Kiama, New South Wales, Australia; (Silva & al. 1996: 814) Type: Harvey Alg. austr. exsic. 548; (INA 1996)
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 06 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 14 May 2024
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Taxonomic note
Ollivier (1929: 104) reported this enity from Juan-les-Pins, Villefrance-sur-mer and Bulieau, France, but the material to hand may refer to Caulerpa prolifera (see Cormaci, Furnari & Alongi 2014: 221). - (10 July 2015) - M.D. 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
