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Berry caulerpa (Caulerpa racemosa)

Berry caulerpa embedded in a carpet of zoanthids. Port St Johns, Wild Coast, Eastern Cape (2021) – iNaturalist

A mat of rhizomes giving rise to bunches of swollen light blue-green ‘berries’. The shape of the berries vary and may be club-shaped, round or trumpet-shaped.

Bunches up to 20 mm high.

Forming carpets on protected rocks at low-tide level. Present only on the East Coast of South Africa.

Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa (1994, 2016)

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