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Caulerpa brachypus
About
Caulerpa brachypus is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family. It was first described in 1860 by the Irish botanist William Henry Harvey, having been collected during the North Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expedition of 1853 to 1856. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region and has spread elsewhere. It is regarded as an invasive species in the United States, Martinique and New Zealand.
- Family
- Caulerpaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Caulerpa brachypus
- Slug
- caulerpa-brachypus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Caulerpaceae
- Genus
- Caulerpa
- Species
- brachypus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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