Biology:Caulerpa fergusonii

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Short description: Species of seaweed

Caulerpa fergusonii
Caulerpa fergusonii.jpg
Scientific classification edit
(unranked): 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.[1]

The seaweed is olive green at the base becoming a darker green distally. The thallus spreads outward to about 18 centimetres (7.1 in).[1]

The species is found around much of Asia and the Pacific Islands as well as Australia and New Zealand.[2] 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.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q41804883 entry