''Caulerpa lamourouxii'' is a species of seaweed in the '' Caulerpaceae'' family. The seaweed has a grass green to olive green thallus with erect grey-green fronds reaching in width with smooth

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s that have a diameter of . The species is usually found in shallow waters in sandy substrata in tropical waters of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. In Western Australia, it is found along the coast from

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, through the Pilbara and south as far as

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reef in the

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region of Western Australia. and east into Northern Territory waters.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q41804889 lamourouxii Species described in 1817