Verlaque et al. (2003) provided evidence that this is the correct name for the entity that has aggressively spreaded throughout the Mediterranean Sea since the early 1990s.
Habitat:
Marine species
Type information:
Basionym: Caulerpa cylindracea Sonder
Type locality: Western Australia (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 830). Type: Preiss; MEL 516014 (Womersley 1984: 270).