Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Caulerpa racemosa var. occidentalis (J. Agardh) Børgesen, 1907; Caulerpa peltata J.V. Lamouroux, Fucus chemnitzia Esper 1800, Ahnfeldtia chemnitzia (Esper) Trevisan 1849, Chauvinia chemnitzia (Esper) Kützing 1849, Caulerpa racemosa var. chemnitzia (Esper) Weber Bosse 1898, Caulerpa peltata J.V.Lamouroux 1809, Ahnfeldtia peltata (J.V.Lamouroux) Trevisan 1849, Chauvinia laetevirens (Montagne) Trevisan 1849, Chauvinia peltata (J.V.Lamouroux) Kützing 1849, Caulerpa chemnitzia var. peltata (J.V.Lamouroux) Zanardini 1858, Caulerpa chemnitzia var. occidentalis J.Agardh 1873, Chauvinia imbricata Kjellman 1880, Caulerpa imbricata G.Murray 1887, Caulerpa racemosa var. laetevirens (Montagne) Weber Bosse 1898, Caulerpa peltata f. imbricata (G.Murray) Weber Bosse 1898, Caulerpa peltata var. typica Weber Bosse 1898, Caulerpa racemosa var. occidentalis (J.Agardh) Børgesen 1907, Caulerpa racemosa var. peltata (J.V.Lamouroux) Eubank 1944, Caulerpa racemosa var. imbricata (Kjellman) Eubank 1946, Caulerpa racemosa var. imbricata (G.Murray) Eubank 1946, Caulerpa racemosa f. occidentalis (J.Agardh) Nizamuddin 1964, Caulerpa occidentalis (J.Agardh) Jaasund 1977; Type locality: Malabar Coast, India (Silva & al. 1996: 838). Holotype: ER 25805 (Belton et al. 2014: 48, fig. 8E). Notes: Isotypes: 690468 in MEL and 937.336-82 in L. (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Cryptogenic

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Atlantic Islands, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, Subantartic Islands, Europe, America and Caribbean (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). Colombia, Ecuador: Guayas, Santa Elena, Salinas, la Libertad; Galapagos (Wolf, Gardner Bay-Española (Taylor, 1945)

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