Caulerpa subserrata is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family.
| Caulerpa subserrata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Bryopsidales |
| Family: | Caulerpaceae |
| Genus: | Caulerpa |
| Species: | C. subserrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Caulerpa subserrata | |
Description edit
The seaweed has erect fronds that arise from repeating, cylindrically shaped, branching, glabrous surculus and often two or three individuals are found together. It is flat and has a linear or elliptic to oblong shape in outline. The fronds are truncato-obtuse at apex and oval at the base tapering to a very short cylindrical stipe. The fronds are 1 to 2.5 centimetres (0.39 to 0.98 in) long and 3 to 4 millimetres (0.118 to 0.157 in) wide. It can be simple or branches by proliferations and is serrated with lobes along both margins. The lobes are short, patent and a little curved upward and subalternate.[1]
Taxonomy edit
The species was first formally described by the botanist Kintarô Okamura in 1897 as part of the work On the algae from Ogasawara-jima (Bonin Islands) as published in the Botanical Magazine, Tokyo.[2]
Distribution edit
It is found along the coast of the Bonin Islands about 500 kilometres (311 mi) south of Japan.[2]
References edit
- ^ Tokyo Botanical Society (ed.). "The Botanical Magazine" (PDF). AlgaeBase.
- ^ a b Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2018). "Caulerpa subserrata Okamura". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 7 November 2018.