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

Caulerpa delicatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family: Caulerpaceae
Genus: Caulerpa
Species:
C. delicatula
Binomial name
Caulerpa delicatula

The seaweed is light green at the base becoming a darker green distally. The thallus spreads outward to about 10 centimetres (3.9 in).

It is found along the coast in a large area extending from around the Abrolhos Islands in the Mid West, north through the Gascoyne and into the Pilbara region of Western Australia.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Caulerpa delicatula". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.