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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; saumâtre; profondeur 3 - 110 m (Ref. 80758). Tropical
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Description synthétique
Morphologie
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)
statut CITES (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Menace pour l'homme
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 22.4 - 29, mean 27.5 (based on 2634 cells).