AlgaeTraits - Gracilaria Greville, 1830

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Gracilaria Greville, 1830

AphiaID

144188 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144188)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gracilarieae Willkomm, 1854

Direct children (17)

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Species Gracilaria arcuata Zanardini, 1858
Species Gracilaria armata (C.Agardh) Greville, 1830
Species Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva, 1952
Species Gracilaria cervicornis (Turner) J.Agardh, 1852
Species Gracilaria conferta (Schousboe ex Montagne) Montagne, 1846
Species Gracilaria corallicola Zanardini, 1868
Species Gracilaria dendroides Gargiulo, De Masi & Tripodi, 1985
Species Gracilaria dura (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1842
Species Gracilaria foliifera (Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932
Species Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995
Species Gracilaria heteroclada (Montagne) J.Feldmann & G.Feldmann, 1943
Species Gracilaria longa Gargiulo, De Masi & Tripodi, 1987
Species Gracilaria longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995
Species Gracilaria multipartita (Clemente) Harvey, 1846
Species Gracilaria vermiculata P.J.L.Dangeard, 1949
Species Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967
Species Gracilaria rubra J.Agardh, 1981 accepted as Gracilaria dura (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1842

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or, descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British Islands, belonging to the order Algae. Maclachlan & Stewart: Edingburgh, UK. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): LIV (67 of the pdf) [details]

Descriptive notes

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8430

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:8430 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Gracilaria Greville, 1830. Accessed through: AlgaeTraits eds. (2025) AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144188 on 2025-09-12

Thematic species database citation

AlgaeTraits eds. (2025). AlgaeTraits: a trait database for (European) seaweeds. Gracilaria Greville, 1830. Accessed at: https://algaetraits.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144188 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

2018-11-16 08:36:34Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

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original description Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or, descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British Islands, belonging to the order Algae. Maclachlan & Stewart: Edingburgh, UK. pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): LIV (67 of the pdf) [details]

basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org
page(s): 121 [details]