page_title: Caulerpa
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Caulerpa / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Feather algae, Caulerpa sertularioides at 11 meters depth on ridge[1]
context_page_description: Caulerpa is a genus of seaweeds in the family Caulerpaceae. They are unusual because they consist of only one cell with many nuclei, making them among the biggest single cells in the world. A species in the Mediterranean can have a stolon more than 3 metres long, with up to 200 fronds. This species can be invasive from time to time.
  Referring to its thalli's crawling habit, the name means 'stem creeps', from the Ancient Greek kaulos and herpo.
context_section_description: The species currently recognized are:
  Caulerpa agardhii
  Caulerpa alternans
  Caulerpa annulata
  Caulerpa antoensis
  Caulerpa articulata
  Caulerpa ashmeadii
  Caulerpa bartoniae
  Caulerpa bikinensis
  Caulerpa biserrulata
  Caulerpa brachypus
  Caulerpa brownii
  Caulerpa buginensis
  Caulerpa cactoides
  Caulerpa carruthersii
  Caulerpa chemnitzia
  Caulerpa cliftonii
  Caulerpa constricta
  Caulerpa corynephora
  Caulerpa crassifolia
  Caulerpa cupressoides
  Caulerpa cylindracea
  Caulerpa delicatula
  Caulerpa dichotoma
  Caulerpa diligulata
  Caulerpa distichophylla
  Caulerpa ellistoniae
  Caulerpa elongata
  Caulerpa falcifolia
  Caulerpa faridii
  Caulerpa fastigiata
  Caulerpa fergusonii
  Caulerpa filicoides
  Caulerpa filiformis
  Caulerpa flexilis
  Caulerpa floridana
  Caulerpa harveyi
  Caulerpa hedleyi
  Caulerpa heterophylla
  Caulerpa holmesiana
  Caulerpa imbricata
  Caulerpa juniperoides
  Caulerpa kempfii
  Caulerpa lagara
  Caulerpa lamourouxii
  Caulerpa lanuginosa
  Caulerpa lentillifera
  Caulerpa lessonii
  Caulerpa longifolia
  Caulerpa macrodisca
  Caulerpa macrophysa
  Caulerpa manorensis
  Caulerpa matsueana
  Caulerpa mexicana
  Caulerpa microphysa
  Caulerpa murrayi
  Caulerpa nummularia
  Caulerpa obscura
  Caulerpa okamurae
  Caulerpa oligophylla
  Caulerpa ollivieri
  Caulerpa opposita
  Caulerpa papillosa
  Caulerpa parvifolia
  Caulerpa parvula
  Caulerpa paspaloides
  Caulerpa peltata
  Caulerpa pickeringii
  Caulerpa pinnata
  Caulerpa plumulifera
  Caulerpa prolifera
  Caulerpa pusilla
  Caulerpa qureshii
  Caulerpa racemosa
  Caulerpa remotifolia
  Caulerpa reniformis
  Caulerpa reyesii
  Caulerpa scalpelliformis
  Caulerpa sedoides
  Caulerpa selago
  Caulerpa serrulata
  Caulerpa sertularioides
  Caulerpa seuratii
  Caulerpa simpliciuscula
  Caulerpa spathulata
  Caulerpa subserrata
  Caulerpa taxifolia
  Caulerpa trifaria
  Caulerpa urvilleana
  Caulerpa vanbossea
  Caulerpa veravalensis
  Caulerpa verticillata
  Caulerpa vesiculifera
  Caulerpa webbiana
  Caulerpa zeyheri
caption: Feather algae, Caulerpa sertularioides at 11 metres' depth on ridge
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