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Electronic Flora of South Australia Genus Fact Sheet
Phylum Chlorophyta – Order Caulerpales – Family Udoteaceae
Thallus uncalcified, complanate, irregularly ovate to elongate, arising from a short stipe, fronds relatively thin and soft. Structure of a lax felt of subdichotomous filaments attached by circular areas or by short protrusions from adjacent filaments.
Reproduction: Reproduction from ovoid to pyriform zooidangia.
Type species: R. peltata (J. Agardh) Gepp & Gepp.
Taxonomic notes: A genus of some 9 species [Farghaly & Denizot (1979, p. 173)].
References:
FARGHALY, M.S. & DENIZOT, M. (1979). Le genre Rhipiliopsis. Définition et place dans les Caulerpales (Chlorophycées). Rev. Algol.N.S. 14, 169–184.
GEPP, A. & GEPP, E.S. (1911). The Codiaceae of the Siboga Expedition, including a monograph of Flabellarieae and Udoteae. Monogr. Siboga-Exped. 62, 1–150, Plates 1–22.
The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia Part I complete list of references.
Publication:
Womersley, H.B.S. (31 May, 1984)
The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia
Part I
©Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, Government of South Australia
KEY TO SPECIES OF RHIPILIOPSIS
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1. Thallus usually | R. peltata |
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1. Thallus to 9 cm high, stipe to 3 cm long, filaments of lamina robust, | R. robusta |
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