Biology:Caulerpa fergusonii
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Short description: Species of seaweed
Caulerpa fergusonii | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Bryopsidales |
Family: | Caulerpaceae |
Genus: | Caulerpa |
Species: | C. fergusonii
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Binomial name | |
Caulerpa fergusonii G.Murray
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Caulerpa fergusonii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/26562.
- ↑ "Caulerpa fergusonii G.Murray". Algaebase. http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=3753. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q41804883 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caulerpa fergusonii.
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