ERMS taxon details
Gracilaria Greville, 1830
144188 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144188)
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Genus
- 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 compressa (C.Agardh) Greville, 1830 accepted as Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva, 1952 (synonym)
- Species Gracilaria confervoides (Linnaeus) Greville, 1830 accepted as Gracilariopsis longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995 (synonym)
- Species Gracilaria rubra J.Agardh, 1981 accepted as Gracilaria dura (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1842
- Species Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss, 1950 accepted as Gracilariopsis longissima (S.G.Gmelin) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh
Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or, descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British Islands, belonging to the order Algae. <em>Maclachlan & Stewart: Edingburgh, UK.</em> pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. (look up in RoR)
page(s): LIV (67 of the pdf) [details]
page(s): LIV (67 of the pdf) [details]
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: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=144188 on 2025-06-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Gracilaria Greville, 1830. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144188 on 2025-06-02
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Greville, R.K. (1830). Algae britannicae, or, descriptions of the marine and other inarticulated plants of the British Islands, belonging to the order Algae. <em>Maclachlan & Stewart: Edingburgh, UK.</em> pp. [i*-iii*], [i]-lxxxviii, [1]-218, pl. 1-19. (look up in RoR)
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 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. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org
page(s): 121 [details]
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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in RoR) [details]
additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. <em>University of California Publications in Botany.</em> 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. <em>World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.</em> searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org
page(s): 121 [details]
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