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Caulerpa vesiculifera (Harv.) Harv.

Reference
Phycol.Austral. lvi (1863)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Habit and structure. Stolon moderately robust, (1–)2–3 mm in diameter, naked, epilithic. Erect fronds medium to dark green with simple or often with several times branched axes, usually 8–25(–35) cm high and 3–5 mm across, with axes 1–2 mm in diameter densely covered to their bases with vesiculate ramuli, 7–9 around the axes. Ramuli with a slight to conspicuous, broadly conical, pedicel from the axis, ovoid above the constriction (1–)1.5–2.5 mm long and 0.7–1.5mm in diameter.

Distribution. From Shark Bay, W. Aust., to Phillip I., Vic., and the N coast of Tas.

Habitat. In rock pools and the upper sublittoral on rough-water coasts, recorded to 25 m deep.

[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 272 (1984)]

John Huisman & Cheryl Parker, 3 August 2021

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Perth, Recherche.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Rockingham.