Caulerpaceae Kütz.
Caulerpa urvilleana Mont. , legitimate, scientific
Montagne, J.P.F.C. in Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. (ed.) (1845), Vol. 1, Plantes cellulaires. Botanique: 21-22 [tax. nov.]
  • Type locality: Hab. cum priori legit ill. d'Urville.
Weber-van Bosse, A.A. (1898), Monographie des Caulerpes. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg 15: - [secondary reference]
misapplication: Caulerpa serrata Kütz. legitimate by Sonder, O.W. (1871), Die Algen des tropischen Australiens. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften 5: 66
Silva, P.C., Basson, P.I. & Moe, R.L. (1996), Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany 79: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Caulerpa urvilliana orth. var.
  • APC Comment: ABRS (2011) uses this taxon concept.
Kraft, G.T. (2007), Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae: - [secondary reference]
misapplication: Caulerpa serrulata (Forssk.) J.Agardh legitimate by Agardh, J.G. (1837), Novae species algarum, quas in itinere ad oras maris rubri collegit Eduardus Rueppell; cum observationibus nonnullis in species rariores antea cognitas. Museum Senckenbergianum. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte 2: 174
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: The future 'Algae of Australia' account of this taxon by Ian Price will place the species in Caulerpa cupressoides var. urvilleana.
  • AMANI dist.: Western Australia (Flindersian, Dampierian), Northern Territory (Dampierian), Queensland (Dampierian, Great Barrier Reef). World: Papua, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, SW Pacific.
Price, I.R. (2011), A taxonomic revision of the marine green algal genera Caulerpa and Caulerpella (Chlorophyta, Caulerpaceae) in northern (tropical and subtropical) Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 24: - [secondary reference]
misapplication: Caulerpa freycinetii var. boryana (J.Agardh) Weber-van Bosse legitimate by May, V. (1951), The marine algae of Brampton Island, great barrier Reef, off mackay, Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 76: 93