Family Caulerpaceae Kützing 1843 (green algae)
Bryopsidophyceae - Caulerpales - Caulerpaceae
Parent taxon: Caulerpales according to B. M. Waggoner and J. W. Hagadorn 2004
Sister taxa: Carpathocodium, Palaeosiphonium
Subtaxa: Caulerpa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Lord Howe Island (Quaternary of Australia)