Concise review of the genus Caulerpa J.V. Lamouroux

• Published in: Journal of applied phycology Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 23 - 39
• Main Authors: Zubia, Mayalen, Draisma, Stefano G. A., Morrissey, Kathryn Lee, Varela-Álvarez, Elena, De Clerck, Olivier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2020; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Algae; Archipelagoes; Asia; Australia; Biology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Bioremediation; Blue carbon; Caribbean Sea; Caulerpa; Caulerpa racemosa; Caviar; Chloroplasts; Classification; Concise Reviews: Seaweeds of Commercial Interest; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Economics; Essential nutrients; farming systems; Farms; fish roe; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; health foods; Health promotion; Innovation; Invasiveness; Life cycle; Life cycles; Life Sciences; Metabolism; microbiome; Microbiomes; Morphology; Names; Natural & organic foods; Niches; Nutrients; Pacific Ocean Islands; Phenotypic plasticity; Phylogeny; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; reproduction; Reproduction (biology); Species; Taxonomy; vegan diet; Vegetal Biology; Pacific Ocean Islands; Australia; Caribbean Sea; Asia; Chemical composition; Ecology; Industrial uses; Taxonomy; Seaweed farming; Caulerpa

The genus Caulerpa is highly diverse, especially in the Caribbean Sea, the Indo-Malay archipelago and the temperate waters of southern Australia. Currently, more than 100 species are recognized worldwide. Despite recent advances in taxonomy and phylogeny, there is still confusion about the delimitat...