New article: New record of Caulerpa andamanensis and Caulerpa minuta from Japan

Please take a look at our new article reporting two newly recorded species of Caulerpa (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) from Japan: Caulerpa andamanensis and C. minuta. Can you identify the two species occurring together in the photo? The species with umbrella-like erect branches is C. andamanensis, whereas the species with small blade-like erect branches is C. minuta. These two species were discovered and collected during a marine algal flora survey on Okinoerabu-jima Island in the Ryukyu Archipelago. Although these species closely resemble Caulerpa filicoides and C. parvifolia, respectively, they were distinguished based on morphological characteristics and confirmed through DNA phylogenetic analyses.

 

Suzuki, Ohashi, Hasegawa, Namba, Kosugi, Terada 2026. New records of Caulerpa andamanensis and C. minuta (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) from Okinoerabujima Island, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan.

Phycological Research 74:
DOI: 10.1111/pre.70045

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pre.70045

 

Caulerpa andamanensis and Caulerpa minuta