Caulerpa urvilleana | |
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Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Phylum: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Bryopsidales |
Family: | Caulerpaceae |
Genus: | Caulerpa |
Species: | C. urvilleana |
Binomial name | |
Caulerpa urvilleana | |
Caulerpa urvilleana is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family. [1]
The seaweed has a grass-green to dark-green thallus. [1]
The species is found in tropical seas in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. In Western Australia, it is found around the Dampier Archipelago. [1]
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