{"id":302,"date":"2021-07-10T16:53:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T16:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=302"},"modified":"2021-07-10T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T16:53:01","slug":"caulerpa-mexicana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"Caulerpa mexicana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mexicanaindex.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306\" width=\"459\" height=\"344\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Caulerpa mexicana<\/em> has a deep green color with beautiful segmented fronds. It grows rather compact in turbulent environments, but can extend into larger leaflets up to 6&#8243; tall in calmer conditions.\u00a0Attaches with rhizomes to rocks, coral fragments as well as sandy and mud bottoms in shallow protected areas. This species is very adaptable in the amount of light it requires to grow and is often observed growing under ledges on seawalls and intertwined with other algae. There are several species of <em>Caulerpa<\/em> that are very similar in shape such as <em>taxifolia<\/em> and <em>scalpelliformis<\/em>, but they lack the tight segmented fronds and somewhat rounded tips characteristic of this macro algae. An excellent, hardy specimen for the marine aquarium. Most <em>Caulerpa <\/em>species are very palatable to fish and invertebrates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mexicanacover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-303\" width=\"616\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mexicanacover.jpg 784w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mexicanacover-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/mexicanacover-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Caulerpa mexicana<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Name: Fern Algae<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Origin: Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maximum Height : 8&#8243;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Growth Rate: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Light: Moderate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperature: 78-84<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Propagation: Fragmentation, sporulation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Difficulty: Easy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food Value: Somewhat palatable to fish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nutrient Uptake: Good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flow Rate: Low to Moderate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caulerpa mexicana has a deep green color with beautiful segmented fronds. It grows rather compact in turbulent environments, but can extend into larger leaflets up to 6&#8243; tall in calmer conditions.\u00a0Attaches with rhizomes to rocks, coral fragments as well as sandy and mud bottoms in shallow protected areas. This species is very adaptable in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/?p=302\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Caulerpa mexicana&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-caulerpa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.marineplantbook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}