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Showing Caulerpa simpliciuscula var. vesiculifera
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Type locality: Hab. ... var. B at Western Port and in Tasmania.
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Type specimen: LECTOTYPE: Dublin, Ireland: [Accession No. unknown]
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Comment: Womersley 1956 Aust J. Mar. & F.W. Res. 7(3):370-371 discusses the fact that the specimens considered as original material are mixed. With respect to the type statement the Tasmanian specimen represents a taxon with the new name of C. simpliciuscula var. laxa. -
Comment: Harvey cites ' Harv. MS. Alg. Austr. Exsic. n. 560'. Womersley 1984 p. 272 selects the Western Port specimen as lectotype. Womersley 1956 Aust J. Mar. & F.W. Res. 7(3):370-371 discusses the fact that the specimens considered as original material are mixed. With respect to the type statement the Tasmanian specimen represents a taxon now known as C. simpliciuscula var. laxa.