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Caulerpa fergusonii

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Species of seaweed

Caulerpa fergusonii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Caulerpaceae
Genus: Caulerpa
Species: C. fergusonii
Binomial name
Caulerpa fergusonii
G.Murray

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

The seaweed is olive green at the base becoming a darker green distally. The thallus spreads outward to about 18 centimetres (7.1 in).

The species is found around much of Asia and the Pacific Islands as well as Australia and New Zealand. In Western Australia, it is found along the coast in a large area extending from around the Kimberley, south as far as Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

References

  1. ^ "Caulerpa fergusonii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. "Caulerpa fergusonii G.Murray". Algaebase. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Caulerpa fergusonii
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