Caulerpa chemnitzia (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux 1809

Publication Details
Caulerpa chemnitzia (Esper) J.V.Lamouroux 1809: 332

Published in: Lamouroux, J.V.F. (1809). Observations sur la physiologie des algues marines, et description de cinq nouveaux genres de cette famille. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris 1: 330-333, fig. 2, pl. 6.

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Publication date: May 2009

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 chemnitzia Esper

Type Information
Type locality: Malabar Coast, India; (Silva & al. 1996: 838) Holotype: ER; 25805 (Belton et al. 2014: 48, fig. 8E) Notes: Isotypes: 690468 in MEL and 937.336-82 in L.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 15 February 1999 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 14 May 2024

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Taxonomic note
This species was introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 249) via the Suez Canal, being first found at Tunisia in 1926. It is found now on the African and Levantine coasts and Cyprus, although infrequent. - (06 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry

Distributional note
Pantropical (Belton et al. 2014). - (26 March 2014) - 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

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