| Feather caulerpa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Ulvophyceae |
| Order: | Bryopsidales |
| Family: | Caulerpaceae |
| Genus: | Caulerpa |
| Species: | C. longifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Caulerpa longifolia | |
Caulerpa longifolia, commonly known as feather caulerpa or long-filament caulerpa, [1] is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family. [2]
Caulerpaceae is a family of green algae in the order Bryopsidales.
The seaweed has a coarse stolon with medium to dark green fronds reaching 15 to 65 centimetres (5.9 to 25.6 in) in height and 1 to 3 cm (0.39 to 1.18 in) wide. [2] It has few upright branches that arise from a naked and coarse runner. The ends of the branches (known as ramuli) are linear or curved slightly upwards, usually occurring in five rows along the upright branches. [1] It has a superficial similarity to Caulerpa cliftonii . [1]
In biology, stolons, also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external skeletons.
Caulerpa cliftonii is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family.
The species is found in rough coastal waters around rock pools to a depth of 40 metres (131 ft). In Western Australia, it is found along the coast from Shire of Irwin in the Mid West and south as far as Rockingham [2] it is also found in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.
The Shire of Irwin is a local government area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Geraldton and about 360 kilometres (224 mi) north of the state capital, Perth. The Shire covers an area of 2,374 square kilometres (917 sq mi), and its seat of government is the town of Dongara.
The Mid West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is a sparsely populated region extending from the west coast of Western Australia, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north and south of its administrative centre of Geraldton and inland to 450 kilometres (280 mi) east of Wiluna in the Gibson Desert.
Rockingham is a city and primary centre in Western Australia south-west of the Perth city centre and south of Fremantle. It has a beachside location at Mangles Bay, the southern extremity of Cockburn Sound. To its north stretches the maritime and resource-industry installations of Kwinana and Henderson. Offshore to the north-west is Australia's largest naval fleet and submarine base, Garden Island, connected to the mainland by an all-weather causeway. To the west and south lies the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park.
