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Caulerpa constricta I.R.Price, Huisman & Borow.

Reference
Phycologia 37:10-12, Figs 1-2 (1998)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current
Image

Scientific Description

Habit and structure. Thallus green to yellowish olive, spreading laterally to 25–30 cm, with smooth terete stolons 1–2 mm diam., and with infrequent articulations. Assimilators to 7 cm tall, terete, with basal and, rarely, intercalary articulations, often simple but occasionally branched, lacking differentiated ramuli. Branch tips obtuse.

Distribution. Endemic to W.A., where it is known from the Dampier Archipelago south to the Houtman Abrolhos Islands.

Habitat. Epilithic in the shallow subtidal.

[After Belton, Huisman & Gurgel, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 82 (2015)]

John Huisman and Cheryl Parker, 3 August 2021

Distribution

IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Karratha.