''Caulerpa hedleyi'' is a species of seaweed in the ''
Caulerpaceae
Caulerpaceae is a family of green algae in the order Bryopsidales
Bryopsidales is an order of green algae, in the class Ulvophyceae. It is a diverse group of mostly marine macroalgae.
Characteristics
The thallus is filamentous, highly branch ...
'' family.
The seaweed has a robust
stolon
In biology, a stolon ( from Latin ''wikt:stolo, stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as a runner, is a horizontal connection between parts of an organism. It may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton. Typically, animal ...
with erect grey-green fronds reaching in height and wide.
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The species is found in deep heavily shaded waters. In Western Australia, it is found along the coast from ]Rottnest Island
Rottnest Island (), often colloquially referred to as "Rotto", is a Islands of Perth, Western Australia, island off the coast of Western Australia, located west of Fremantle. A sandy, low-lying island formed on a base of aeolianite limestone, ...
and south as far as Esperance in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia[ and east to ]South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
.
References
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hedleyi
Protists described in 1910
Chlorophyta species