Biology:Codium geppiorum

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Short description: Species of seaweed

Codium geppiorum
Scientific classification edit
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Codiaceae
Genus: Codium
Species:
C. geppiorum
Binomial name
Codium geppiorum
O.C.Schmidt

Codium geppiorum is a species of seaweed in the Codiaceae family.[1]

The procumbent and densely branched thallus forms patches that are about 8 centimetres (3.1 in) wide that are attached to sandy substrates with tufts of rhizoids.

It epilithic and is found in the intertidal and subtidal zones.

In Western Australia is found along the coast in Kimberley and Pilbara regions.[1] It is also widespread throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q48997000 entry