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Caulerpa prolifera
Species of alga / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[2] It grows rapidly and forms a dense mass of vegetation on shallow sandy areas of the sea.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Viridiplantae |
Division: | Chlorophyta |
Class: | Ulvophyceae |
Order: | Bryopsidales |
Family: | Caulerpaceae |
Genus: | Caulerpa |
Species: | C. prolifera |
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Caulerpa prolifera | |
Synonyms | |
Fucus prolifera Forsskål, 1775 |
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