Caulerpa flexilis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Chlorophyta
- Class
- Ulvophyceae
- Order
- Bryopsidales
- Family
- Caulerpaceae
- Genus
- Caulerpa
- Species
- Caulerpa flexilis
- Scientific Name
- Caulerpa flexilis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Caulerpa flexilis
Caulerpa flexilis is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family.
The seaweed has a thick stolon with erect dark green primary fronds that are about 5 to 40 centimetres (2.0 to 15.7 in) long and 2 to 6 cm (0.79 to 2.36 in) wide.
The species is found around much of the Australian coast as well as in New Zealand. In Western Australia, it is found along the coast in a large area extending from around the Abrolhos Islands in the Mid West, south as far as Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. In New Zealand it is found along the coast of Three Kings Island, the North Island and the northern parts of the South Island.
...Caulerpa flexilis in languages:
- English
- Fern caulerpa
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Caulerpa agardhii
- Caulerpa alternans
- Caulerpa ambigua
- Caulerpa articulata
- Caulerpa ashmeadii
- Caulerpa biserrulata
- Caulerpa brachypus
- Caulerpa brownii
- Caulerpa cactoides
- Caulerpa chemnitzia
- Caulerpa cliftonii
- Caulerpa crispata
- Caulerpa cupressoides
- Caulerpa cylindracea
- Caulerpa denticulata
- Caulerpa fastigiata
- Caulerpa filicoides
- Caulerpa filiformis
- Caulerpa flexilis
- Caulerpa floridana
- Caulerpa geminata
- Caulerpa gracilis
- Caulerpa heterophylla
- Caulerpa hodgkinsoniae
- Caulerpa holmesiana
- Caulerpa lanuginosa
- Caulerpa lentillifera
- Caulerpa longifolia
- Caulerpa lucasii
- Caulerpa manorensis
- Caulerpa megadisca
- Caulerpa mexicana
- Caulerpa microphysa
- Caulerpa muelleri
- Caulerpa nummularia
- Caulerpa obscura
- Caulerpa papillosa
- Caulerpa parvifolia
- Caulerpa paspaloides
- Caulerpa prolifera
- Caulerpa racemosa
- Caulerpa remotifolia
- Caulerpa scalpelliformis
- Caulerpa sedoides
- Caulerpa serrulata
- Caulerpa sertularioides
- Caulerpa simpliciuscula
- Caulerpa taxifolia
- Caulerpa trifaria
- Caulerpa urvilleana
- Caulerpa urvilliana
- Caulerpa verticillata
- Caulerpa vesiculifera
- Caulerpa webbiana
- Caulerpa zeyheri














































































































































