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Caulerpa subserrata

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Caulerpa subserrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: UTC clade
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Caulerpaceae
Genus: Caulerpa
Species:
C. subserrata
Binomial name
Caulerpa subserrata

Caulerpa subserrata is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family.

Description

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The seaweed has erect fronds that arise from repeating, cylindrically shaped, branching, glabrous surculus and often two or three individuals are found together. It is flat and has a linear or elliptic to oblong shape in outline. The fronds are truncato-obtuse at apex and oval at the base tapering to a very short cylindrical stipe. The fronds are 1 to 2.5 centimetres (0.39 to 0.98 in) long and 3 to 4 millimetres (0.118 to 0.157 in) wide. It can be simple or branches by proliferations and is serrated with lobes along both margins. The lobes are short, patent and a little curved upward and subalternate.[1]

Taxonomy

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The species was first formally described by the botanist Kintarô Okamura in 1897 as part of the work On the algae from Ogasawara-jima (Bonin Islands) as published in the Botanical Magazine, Tokyo.[2]

Distribution

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It is found along the coast of the Bonin Islands about 500 kilometres (311 mi) south of Japan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Tokyo Botanical Society (ed.). "The Botanical Magazine" (PDF). AlgaeBase.
  2. ^ a b Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2018). "Caulerpa subserrata Okamura". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 7 November 2018.