Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Bryopsis ambigua (Okamura) Okamura, 1902, Caulerpa ambigua var. luxurians (W.R.Taylor) Eubank, 1946, Caulerpa biloba Kempermann & Stegenga, 1983, Caulerpa vickersiae Børgesen, 1911, Caulerpa vickersiae var. furcifolia W.R.Taylor, 1933, Caulerpa vickersiae var. luxurians W.R.Taylor, 1928, Caulerpella ambigua (Okamura) Prud'homme van Reine & Lokhorst, 1992 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (C. vickersiae) inner east lagoon Tortuga Bay-Santa Cruz (Dawson, 1963). Santa Cruz (Silva, 1966). (C. ambigua) Atlantic Islands, North America, Caribbena Islands, Wstern Atlantic, South America (Venezuela), Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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