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Caulerpa cliftonii Harv.

Reference
Phycol.Austral. synop. no. 728 (1863)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Habit and structure. Stolon robust, 3–4 mm in diameter, cartilaginous, naked, epilithic. Erect fronds dark green, with simple to several times irregularly branched axes, usually 6–22 cm high and 2 cm across; axes terete, 1–1.5 mm in diameter, densely covered with irregularly placed ramuli from near their base. Ramuli (1–)2–3(–4) cm long, alternately branched (1–)3–5 times in their lower third to half, with the branches upwardly curved, terete, 300–500 µm in diameter, with a tapering, spinous to rounded apex.

Distribution. From Port Denison and the Abrolhos I., W. Aust., to Port Phillip Heads, Vic.

Habitat. Mainly in shaded rock pools on rough-water coasts, recorded to 50 m deep.

[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 265 (1984)]

John Huisman & Cheryl Parker, 3 August 2021

Distribution

IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Greater Geraldton, Irwin.