Dave ESPI Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 Looking and exhausting my resources at hand, I am stumped. EDIT: Caulerpa floridana is what ID is to be proven. So It grew out of nothing. Tonga branch, Fiji Ultra, and a Little Caribbean Aquacultured rock 15 + species of caulerpa in a few systems, and can find NOTHING as to this species ID. it appears to be Taxifolia shaped and has round runners and sprue. There is common holdfast and axia grows like many caulerpa do. I had a batch go sexual recently, and hope to keep this alive to propigate. I have 3 existing colonies and seek to expand it. Info needed. EDIT: Thank you for replies. Link to comment
cmoreash Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 I dunno...looks a LOT like taxifolia to me sorry i can't post anything but absolute sh*t Link to comment
adinsxq Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Originally posted by cmoreash and same goes for me i can't post anything but absolute sh*t but i must say... see! look folks! dave researched and hunted for info for SO LONG that he now has a FOREST of the stuff before he posted for ID help. Link to comment
Rocket_155 Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 looks like Caulerpa reyesi, or a variation of Caulerpa racemosa. Although i'm not too sure about the last one. HTH Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted January 27, 2003 Author Share Posted January 27, 2003 yeah "LOOKS LIKE" is a popular response LMAO... HAHAHAH damn it... ! it is NOT taxifolia. My tangs chow this stuff. I said it "looks like" tax and mexicana but has round bublous fronds that bulge out at te tips. a VERY bizare species indeed. Link to comment
fourhand2 Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Hey, how bout throwing a clump of that in with muh hood?? -Will Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted January 27, 2003 Author Share Posted January 27, 2003 sure you want to overnight air ship a 20 # box with the hood... sure ! Link to comment
Crakeur Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 dave, email a pic or two of the algae to inlandaquatics. Maybe they can id it for ya as they sell all kinds of caulerpa. Link to comment
glazer Posted January 27, 2003 Share Posted January 27, 2003 Caulerpa geminata or perhaps seuratti..... (f*k Latin, ouch I hurt myself!) My answers Dave are based on written descriptions of both those plants as opposed to photographic comparisons... I could not find, in the several minutes of searching a photo that showed either worth a sh!t...... but what I did find coupled with the written description would make me think geminata. Gotta also say GOOD JOB on the pic!.... far superior to most you have taken... oh I mean resolution/clarity and all. New camera? Link to comment
fourhand2 Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 You mean you'll really overnite it to me!? Wow, you really are one in a million Could you just disassemble the hood and undo the varnish and paint before you send it so it will be lighter? I'll use my own screws or nails or scotch tape to put it back together... I'll paypal you an extra $100 for shipping; you'll send back the difference, right? -Will Link to comment
duleypm Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 caulerpa floridana maybe? Link to comment
Dave ESPI Posted January 28, 2003 Author Share Posted January 28, 2003 yeah thats the closest yet. may actualy be it..... BUT where is it from? I see the mention of Florida in the latin surname, but It is NOT listen in 3 of my caribbean plant or ID books. hmmmmmmmmm.... thanx Duley U get a gold star. and Glazer, no, I just am getting good a adjusting the pix now that I have Photoshop up and running again Link to comment
cal3v Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 duleypm that sure looks like the caulerpa in question, and even the slight difference is marginal, caulerpa takes on various slight alterations in form under different lighting/water schemes. Link to comment
Inpha Posted January 28, 2003 Share Posted January 28, 2003 Ok... here's a pic of the Caulerpa geminata that Glazer mentioned... this is native to waters south of australia.... The other one that Glazer mentioned... seems to be spelled wrong... sorry Glazer.... Link to comment
duleypm Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 dave, found it at http://www.livingreefimages.com/Page3.html says its from Caribbean, Tropical West Atlantic, not too much more info than that. I was looking at this page a few weeks ago, and when I saw your pic it looked familiar. later Link to comment
Rocket_155 Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 what about C. sedoides or C. okamurai? Link to comment
Inpha Posted January 29, 2003 Share Posted January 29, 2003 Hmm... the C. sedoides is highly unlikely as it is only from coastal Africa... and I don't think Dave has a lot of stuff from Africa... yet I could be wrong. The C. okamurae (there seem to be three spellings for this... I'm confused.... okamurai, okamura, and okamurae) is from Japan, so possibly a bit closer to collection sites... Heres a few photos.... I think so far this one looks the closest... but what do I know... Check this out... it has a nice little 2 picture flippy thing... (run your mouse over the pic...) research.kahaku.go.jp/botany/seaweeds/GreenAlgae/GreenAlgae_PhotoPage/fusaiwazuta.html Link to comment
technoshaman Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 I have a few strands of that stuff I'm trying to get established. I got it from some Indo Pac live rock. According to my little book "Marine Plants of the Carribean" it looks like a dead ringer for Caulerpa sertularioides. The match is almost exact if you ahve that book at work or can take a look at it it's on page 38. It mentions people in the Phillipines using this in salads so it must be found in pacific as well as Carribean. Link to comment
Inpha Posted January 30, 2003 Share Posted January 30, 2003 and heres the c. sertularioides... looks far too fine in my opinion... i think these people love it when i link to their pages... shhhh tell no one Link to comment
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