Caulerpa prolifera
(Forssk.) J.V.Lamour. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Caulerpa prolifera's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 473 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System361 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics20 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Caulerpa prolifera is a species of green alga, a seaweed in the family Caulerpaceae. It is the type species of the genus Caulerpa, the type location being Alexandria, Egypt.AlgaeBase Retrieved August 18, 2011. It grows rapidly and forms a dense mass of vegetation on shallow sandy areas of the sea.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat & environment2
Compounds documented for Caulerpa prolifera across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds27 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1R)-20,21,25-trimethoxy-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),14,18,20,22(33),24,26,31-tridecaen-6-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R)-20,25-dimethoxy-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),14,18,20,22(33),24,26,31-tridecaene-6,21-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,14S)-20,21,25-trimethoxy-15-methyl-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),18,20,22(33),24,26,31-dodecaen-6-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,14S)-6,20,21,25-tetramethoxy-15,30-dimethyl-23-oxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.13,7.18,12.114,18.027,31.022,33]pentatriaconta-3(35),4,6,8,10,12(34),18,20,22(33),24,26,31-dodecaen-9-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,14S)-6,9,20,25-tetramethoxy-15,30-dimethyl-23-oxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.13,7.18,12.114,18.027,31.022,33]pentatriaconta-3(35),4,6,8,10,12(34),18,20,22(33),24,26,31-dodecaen-21-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,18S,33S)-20,25-dimethoxy-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),14,19,21,24,26,31-dodecaene | present | NPASS | |
| (2S,3S)-2-[(3E)-4,8-dimethylnona-3,7-dienyl]-2-methyl-3-[(3E,7E)-4,8,12-trimethyltrideca-3,7,11-trienyl]oxirane | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,3S)-2-methyl-2-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)-3-[(3E,7E,11E)-3,8,12,16-tetramethylheptadeca-3,7,11,15-tetraenyl]oxirane | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S,6E,10E,14E,18E)-2,6,10,15,19,23-hexamethyltetracosa-1,6,10,14,18,22-hexaen-3-ol | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Caulerpa prolifera has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Caulerpa prolifera carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type2 834 records
Origin
Range
Depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions29 of 72 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Tampa, US | 234 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 167 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 84 |
| Bronx, US | 71 |
| Durham, US | 63 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 55 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 39 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 34 |
| Tartu Fungal Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 29 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 27 |
| Durham, US | 25 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 23 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 22 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 16 |
| LDlocation not on record | 16 |
| Mérida, MX | 11 |
| Barcelona, ES | 11 |
| UAclocation not on record | 10 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 10 |
| Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, United States National Herbariumlocation not on record | 9 |
| New Haven, US | 9 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 8 |
| Miami, US | 8 |
| Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record | 8 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 7 |
| Salvador, BR | 6 |
| San Diego, US | 6 |
| València, ES | 6 |
| Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad del Noreste, A.C.location not on record | 5 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 5 |
| HCMRlocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record | 4 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 3 |
| Burlington, US | 3 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 3 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 3 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Minia, EG | 3 |
| Auckland, NZ | 3 |
| IAPlocation not on record | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 2 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Corvallis, US | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 2 |
| Brown Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Butler Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Albany, US | 1 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washingtonlocation not on record | 1 |
| V. N. Karazin National Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| University of North Carolina, Wilmingtonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cincinnati, US | 1 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Clocation not on record | 1 |
| Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Irapuato, Instituto Politécnico Nacionallocation not on record | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A. C., Unidad de Ciencias del Agualocation not on record | 1 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Arcata, US | 1 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Caulerpa prolifera was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.