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Caulerpa lentillifera J.Agardh

Reference
Mus.Senckenberg. 2:173 (1837)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current
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Scientific Description

Habit and structure. Thallus green, often slightly translucent when living, spreading laterally to 50 cm, with stolons 1.0–2.5 mm diam. Rachises unbranched or sparingly branched, to 9 cm tall, sparingly to rather densely covered with randomly arranged spherical ramuli 0.8–1.5 mm diam., often slightly elongate, the ramuli with a faint constriction between the stalk and the distal sphere.

Distribution. Widespread in the tropical Indo-Pacific. In W.A. south to the Houtman Abrolhos Islands.

Habitat. Associated with sandy substrata in the intertidal and shallow subtidal.

[After Belton, Huisman & Gurgel, Algae of Australia: Mar. Benthic Algae of North-western Australia, 1. Green and Brown Algae 91 (2015)]

John Huisman and Cheryl Parker, 3 August 2021

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Dampierland, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Mitchell, Pindanland, Roebourne, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Abrolhos Islands, Canning, Central West Coast, Kimberley, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Ningaloo, North West Shelf, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Cockburn, Cocos Islands, Dandaragan, Derby-West Kimberley, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Karratha, Port Hedland, Shark Bay, Wyndham-East Kimberley.