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Classification / Names / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; salobre; rango de profundidad 3 - 110 m (Ref. 80758). Tropical
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Characterized by the feather-like erect branches. The pinnately arranged pinnules (ramuli) are cylindrical with a mucronate tip. Erect branches up to 12 cm in height (Ref. 80758).
Used for human consumption as food and medicine: antifungal, lowers blood pressure; source of sitosterol, caulerpin, and caulerpicin, palmitic acid (Ref. 80758). Grows on sandy to sandy-rocky substrate in calm, shallow and protected areas on reef flats; commonly associated with seagrasses (Ref. 80758).
Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.4 - 29, mean 27.5 (based on 2634 cells).