Английская Википедия:Caulerpa ambigua
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Caulerpa ambigua is a species of seaweed in the Caulerpaceae family found in marine waters of the Pacific Ocean near the southern end of Japan.[1] It has a limited distribution and is endemic around the Bonin Islands around Шаблон:Cvt south of Japan.[2]
Description
It has dwarf filiform (threadlike) fronds that are typically Шаблон:Cvt in length and only Шаблон:Cvt wide, tapering slightly along the length. The branches are arranged in a divaricate pattern and each branch is loosely closed with oppositely arranged scales called ramenta.[2] It is similar in appearance to Caulerpa okamurai which has a larger spread of distribution.[2]
Taxonomy
Caulerpa ambigua was first formally described by Kintarô Okamura in 1897 as part of the work On the Algae from Ogasawara-jima (Bonin Islands) as published in Botanical Magazine, Tokyo. The specific epithet is taken from the Latin word meaning doubtful or uncertain.[1]
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