Caulerpa sp. indet. 1 f. sp. indet. 1

Fassbender, Nico, Stefanoudis, Paris V, Filander, Zoleka Nontlantla, Gendron, Gilberte, Mah, Christopher L, Mattio, Lydiane, Mortimer, Jeanne A, Moura, Carlos J, Samaai, Toufiek, Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, Wagner, Daniel, Walton, Rowana & Woodall, Lucy C, 2021, Reef benthos of Seychelles - A field guide, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 65970-65970 : 65970

Caulerpa sp. indet. 1 f. sp. indet. 1

Materials

Type status: Other material. Taxon: scientificName: Caulerpa sp. 1; kingdom: Plantae; phylum: Chlorophyta; class: Ulvophyceae; order: Bryopsidales; family: Caulerpaceae; genus: Caulerpa; scientificNameAuthorship: J. V. Lamouroux, 1809; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Seychelles; locality: Aldabra N 1, D'Arros N 1, Desroches S 1 ; minimumDepthInMeters: 10 m; maximumDepthInMeters: 47.6 m; locationRemarks: First Descent : Seychelles Expedition ; Identification : identifiedBy: Nico Fassbender , Lydiane Mattio , Jeanne Mortimer , Paris Stefanoudis ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; Event : samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

A green seaweed that grows in twig-like, branched plants with a creeping stolon and multiple erect fonds. The stolon is attached to the seabed by several bunches of rhizoids. Species of Caulerpa are known for their plastic morphologies, which may vary greatly within the same species and between different environmental conditions (Fig. 2).