killer alga
Caulerpa taxifolia
Category: Seagrass & Algae
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Chlorophyta
- Class
- Ulvophyceae
- Order
- Bryopsidales
- Family
- Caulerpaceae
- Genus
- Caulerpa
Where to Find
Found in 37 diving areas across 30 countries and 8 regions.
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 4 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 115 records
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 18 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 1 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 9 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 2 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 22 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 2 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 4 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 1 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 5 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 1 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 14 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 1 records
- São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 2 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 4 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 1 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 18 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 4 records
- Comino, Malta - 14 records
- Gozo, Malta - 14 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 11 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 7 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 1 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 8 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 4 records