The Australian Algae Name Index (AANI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with algae names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. AANI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian Algae, please use the Australian Algae List (AAL) link above.
misapplied to:
Caulerpacupressoidesf.elegans(P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Weber Bosselegitimate
by Millar, A.J.K. & Kraft, G.T.(1994), Catalogue of marine benthic green algae (Chlorophyta) of New South Wales, including Lord Howe Island, south-western Pacific.Australian Systematic Botany7: 436
Comment:The future 'Algae of Australia' account of this taxon by Ian Price will return the species to Caulerpa cupressoides var. lycopodium. The Lord Howe Island specimens are now referred to C. cupressoides var lycopodium f elegans (Kraft 2000 Aust Syst Bot 13:598).
AMANI dist.:World: Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Japan, Tonga.