Caulerpella ambigua (Okamura) Prud'homme & Lokhorst 1992

Publication Details
Caulerpella ambigua (Okamura) Prud'homme & Lokhorst 1992: 114

Published in: Prud'homme van Reine, W.F. & Lokhorst, G.M. (1992). Caulerpella gen. nov. a non-holocarpic member of the Caulerpales (Chlorophyta). Nova Hedwigia 54: 113-126, 13 figs, 1 table.

Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Caulerpella.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Caulerpa ambigua Okamura.

Source of Synonymy
Draisma, S.G.A., van Reine, W.F.P., Sauvage, T., Belton, G.S., Gurgel, C.F.D., Lim, P.E. & Phang, S.M. (2014). A re-assessment of the infra-generic classification of the genus Caulerpa (Caulerpaceae, Chlorophyta) inferred from a time-calibrated molecular phylogeny. Journal of Phycology 50(6): 1020-1034.

Basionym
Caulerpa ambigua Okamura

Type Information
Type locality: Ogasawara-jima, Ogasawara-gunto [Bonin Islands, Japan]; (Silva & al. 1996: 813)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), doubtful, uncertain (Stearn 1983).

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 08 March 2023

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Taxonomic note
Prud'homme van Reine & Lokhorst (1992: 114) established the genus Caulerpella to accommodate Caulerpa ambigua. Silva et al. (1996: 813) preferred to retain it in Caulerpa because it shares the highly specialized trabeculate structure of all other species of the genus. Assuming that future studies confirm the alleged function of the lobed structures observed by Prud'homme van Reine & Lockhurst, the existence of specialized reproductive organs would seem to distinguish this species generically from Caulerpa in which numerous discharge papillae arise directly from the vegetative thallus (Lipkin & Silva 2002: 68). - (23 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

Habitat note
Most warm seas. On Tridacna shell at 3 m depth (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (23 June 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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