Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

MSBIAS taxon details

Gracilaria Greville, 1830

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gracilarieae Willkomm, 1854

Direct children (5)

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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]

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: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144188 on 2025-11-10

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Gracilaria Greville, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144188 on 2025-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2018-11-16 08:36:34Z

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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]