Biology:Caulerpa verticillata

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Short description: Species of seaweed

Caulerpa verticillata
Illustration by George Stephen West after Frederik Børgesen
Illustration by George Stephen West after Frederik Børgesen
Scientific classification edit
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Caulerpaceae
Genus: Caulerpa
Species:
C. verticillata
Binomial name
Caulerpa verticillata
J.Agardh

Caulerpa verticillata is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family.[1]

The seaweed has a green thallus that spreads outward to around 10 centimetres (3.9 in) forming dense low mats.[1]

The species is found in warmer waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans particularly in the Caribbean. In Western Australia, it is found along the coast in the Kimberley region extending south to the Pilbara.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q41804905 entry