Caulerpa Paspaloides
''Caulerpa'' is a genus of seaweeds in the family Caulerpaceae (among the green algae). They are unusual because they consist of only one cell with many cell nucleus, nuclei, making them among the biggest single cells in the world. A species in the Mediterranean can have a stolon more than long, with up to 200 fronds. This species can be invasive from time to time. Referring to the crawling growth habit#Structure, habit of its thallus, the name means 'stem (that) creeps', from the Ancient Greek ' (, ‘stalk’) and ' (, ‘to creep’). Taxonomy and nomenclature First described by Jean Vincent Lamouroux in 1809, ''Caulerpa'' is the only genus under the family Caulerpaceae, from the order Bryopsidales, class Ulvophyceae, and phylum Chlorophyta. Through the use of ''tuf''A gene sequencing, it was revealed that ''Pseudochlorodesmis'' F. Børgesen was a sister clade of ''Caulerpa''. Cremen et al. proposed a new classification scheme in Bryopsidales, wherein Caulerpaceae and Halim ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Caulerpa Prolifera
''Caulerpa prolifera'' is a species of green alga, a seaweed in the family Caulerpaceae. It is the type species of the genus ''Caulerpa'', the type location being Alexandria, Egypt.AlgaeBase
Retrieved August 18, 2011. It grows rapidly and forms a dense mass of vegetation on shallow sandy areas of the sea.

Description

A plant of ''C. prolifera'' consists of a number of blades or laminae linked by underground stolons which are fixed to the sandy
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]