''Caulerpa vesiculifera'' 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 form, of a medium to deep green colour that grow upward to forming dense low mats. The species is found in the sublittoral zone in rough waters in rock pools. In Western Australia, it is found along the coast in from

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extending south to Esperance, also found in

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and

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q41804906 vesiculifera Protists described in 1863