Gracilaria {genus} - Rhodophyta; Florideophyceae; Gracilariales; Gracilariaceae;

Sub-taxa

Species (147)
  1. Gracilaria aculeata [3]
  2. Gracilaria apiculata [6]
  3. Gracilaria arcuata [17]
  4. Gracilaria armata [1]
  5. Gracilaria articulata [3]
  6. Gracilaria asiatica [2]
  7. Gracilaria baiana [13]
  8. Gracilaria beckeri [3]
  9. Gracilaria birdiae [7]
  10. Gracilaria blodgettii [29]
  11. Gracilaria brevis [5]
  12. Gracilaria bursa-pastoris [23]
  13. Gracilaria cacalia [3]
  14. Gracilaria canaliculata [8]
  15. Gracilaria capensis [5]
  16. Gracilaria caudata [228]
  17. Gracilaria cearensis [7]
  18. Gracilaria cerrosiana [1]
  19. Gracilaria cervicornis [32]
  20. Gracilaria cf. arcuata [1]
  21. Gracilaria changii [72]
  22. Gracilaria chilensis [15]
  23. Gracilaria chorda [4]
  24. Gracilaria chouae [14]
  25. Gracilaria cliftonii [7]
  26. Gracilaria conferta [2]
  27. Gracilaria corallicola [1]
  28. Gracilaria cornea [31]
  29. Gracilaria coronopifolia [3]
  30. Gracilaria corticata [51]
  31. Gracilaria corticata var. cylindrica [2]
  32. Gracilaria crassa [8]
  33. Gracilaria crassissima [9]
  34. Gracilaria crispata [1]
  35. Gracilaria crockeri [1]
  36. Gracilaria cuneata [23]
  37. Gracilaria cuneifolia [5]
  38. Gracilaria curtissiae [19]
  39. Gracilaria cylindrica [10]
  40. Gracilaria damaecornis [23]
  41. Gracilaria debilis [2]
  42. Gracilaria dentata [4]
  43. Gracilaria denticulata [2]
  44. Gracilaria domingensis [54]
  45. Gracilaria dotyi [1]
  46. Gracilaria dura [5]
  47. Gracilaria ecuadoreana [1]
  48. Gracilaria edulis [40]
  49. Gracilaria eucheumatiodes [4]
  50. Gracilaria eucheumatoides [2]
  51. Gracilaria fergusonii [3]
  52. Gracilaria ferox [4]
  53. Gracilaria firma [44]
  54. Gracilaria flabelliformis [52]
  55. Gracilaria foliifera [5]
  56. Gracilaria galetensis [19]
  57. Gracilaria gracilis [58]
  58. Gracilaria halogenea [2]
  59. Gracilaria hayi [12]
  60. Gracilaria howensis [2]
  61. Gracilaria hummii [1]
  62. Gracilaria incurvata [8]
  63. Gracilaria intermedia [12]
  64. Gracilaria irregularis [4]
  65. Gracilaria isabellana [26]
  66. Gracilaria johnstonii [2]
  67. Gracilaria lacinulata [2]
  68. Gracilaria lichenoides [1]
  69. Gracilaria longa [2]
  70. Gracilaria mammillaris [16]
  71. Gracilaria microcarpa [8]
  72. Gracilaria millardetii [14]
  73. Gracilaria multipartita [4]
  74. Gracilaria occidentalis [14]
  75. Gracilaria oliveirarum [1]
  76. Gracilaria ornata [4]
  77. Gracilaria pachydermatica [7]
  78. Gracilaria pacifica [93]
  79. Gracilaria panamensis [1]
  80. Gracilaria parva [4]
  81. Gracilaria parvispora [27]
  82. Gracilaria perplexa [2]
  83. Gracilaria pinnata [2]
  84. Gracilaria protea [1]
  85. Gracilaria punctata [4]
  86. Gracilaria ramisecunda [1]
  87. Gracilaria ramulosa [11]
  88. Gracilaria rangiferina [8]
  89. Gracilaria rubrimembra [1]
  90. Gracilaria salicornia [166]
  91. Gracilaria secundata [2]
  92. Gracilaria silviae [2]
  93. Gracilaria sinicola [1]
  94. Gracilaria skottsbergii [1]
  95. Gracilaria smithsoniensis [30]
  96. Gracilaria sp. [78]
  97. Gracilaria sp. 1Cocos [1]
  98. Gracilaria sp. 1NOR [7]
  99. Gracilaria sp. 1NOV [5]
  100. Gracilaria sp. 1NSW [1]
  101. Gracilaria sp. 1Phil [1]
  102. Gracilaria sp. 1VAN [2]
  103. Gracilaria sp. 2Aus [2]
  104. Gracilaria sp. 2NOV [3]
  105. Gracilaria sp. 2NSW [2]
  106. Gracilaria sp. 2Phil [1]
  107. Gracilaria sp. 2WA [21]
  108. Gracilaria sp. 2salicornia [3]
  109. Gracilaria sp. 3NOV [2]
  110. Gracilaria sp. 3WA [1]
  111. Gracilaria sp. G04-03 [1]
  112. Gracilaria sp. G05-02 [1]
  113. Gracilaria sp. G422 [2]
  114. Gracilaria sp. Grc052 [1]
  115. Gracilaria sp. Hainan Island [1]
  116. Gracilaria sp. Keelung [1]
  117. Gracilaria sp. Sail Rock [1]
  118. Gracilaria sp. Sfriso-2011 [1]
  119. Gracilaria sp. Yeliu [1]
  120. Gracilaria sp. brasiliensis [1]
  121. Gracilaria sp1 [4]
  122. Gracilaria sp3 [1]
  123. Gracilaria spinigera [1]
  124. Gracilaria spinulosa [14]
  125. Gracilaria stipitata [16]
  126. Gracilaria subsecundata [1]
  127. Gracilaria suzanneae [13]
  128. Gracilaria symmetrica [1]
  129. Gracilaria taiwanensis [3]
  130. Gracilaria tenuistipitata [44]
  131. Gracilaria tenuistipitata var. liui [32]
  132. Gracilaria tepocensis [1]
  133. Gracilaria textorii [53]
  134. Gracilaria tikvahiae [55]
  135. Gracilaria transtasmanica [10]
  136. Gracilaria truncata [1]
  137. Gracilaria tsudae [2]
  138. Gracilaria urvilleii [1]
  139. Gracilaria usneoides [8]
  140. Gracilaria veleroae [4]
  141. Gracilaria venezuelensis [4]
  142. Gracilaria vermiculophylla [317]
  143. Gracilaria verrucosa [4]
  144. Gracilaria vieillardii [12]
  145. Gracilaria vivipara [1]
  146. Gracilaria webervanbosseae [1]
  147. Gracilaria yoneshigueana [12]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 2,753 Public Records: 864
Specimens with Sequences: 2,529 Public Species: 106
Specimens with Barcodes: 1,511 Public BINs: 70
Species: 147          
Species With Barcodes: 106          
           

Contributors (Specimens & Sequencing)

Specimen Depositories: Sequencing Labs:
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Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Gracilaria
(Gracilaria arcuata - GWS034305) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria baiana - TFP08_0194) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Maycol E. Madrid C. University of North Carolina, Wilmington (Gracilaria beckeri - FOFKU8) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2017) Dr. Smit Lende, J. T. Tandel Kamdhenu University Gandhinagar Gujarat
(Gracilaria bursa-pastoris - L.3960182) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2016) Unspecified Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Gracilaria caudata - TFP08_0144) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Maycol E. Madrid C. University of North Carolina, Wilmington (Gracilaria cliftonii - GWS016632) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified University of New Brunswick
(Gracilaria cornea - TFP08_0195) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Maycol E. Madrid C. University of North Carolina, Wilmington (Gracilaria corticata - DBIS10) @11 [ ] nrr (2018) Prashanthi Chaudri Annamalai University (Gracilaria crassissima - TFP08_0285) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Maycol E. Madrid C. University of North Carolina, Wilmington
(Gracilaria edulis - FOFKU5) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2017) Dr. Smit Lende, J. T. Tandel Kamdhenu University Gandhinagar Gujarat (Gracilaria flabelliformis - TFP08_0347) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Maycol E. Madrid C. University of North Carolina, Wilmington (Gracilaria galetensis - NCweed-1112) @11 [ ] Copyright (2013) DW Freshwater University of North Carolina, Wilmington
(Gracilaria gracilis - Caceres_354) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2013) Unspecified Universidad Nacional del Sur (Gracilaria halogenea - GWS032697) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria howensis - GWS022922) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Gracilaria incurvata - GWS018592) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified University of New Brunswick (Gracilaria intermedia - PHYKOS-7461) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2023) Maycol Ezequiel Madrid Concepcion University of North Carolina Wilmington (Gracilaria mammillaris - TFP08_0231) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Maycol E. Madrid C. University of North Carolina, Wilmington
(Gracilaria microcarpa - TFP08_0267) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Maycol E. Madrid C. University of North Carolina, Wilmington (Gracilaria occidentalis - BDA0115) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria pachydermatica - Madrid_M._1741) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2023) Maycol Ezequiel Madrid Concepcion University of North Carolina Wilmington
(Gracilaria pacifica - GWS002837) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified University of New Brunswick (Gracilaria parva - Madrid_M._1938) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons – Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2023) Maycol Ezequiel Madrid Concepcion University of North Carolina Wilmington (Gracilaria ramulosa - GWS024243) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Gracilaria rangiferina - FOFKU7) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved (2017) Dr. Smit Lende, J. T. Tandel Kamdhenu University Gandhinagar Gujarat (Gracilaria salicornia - GWS002001) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified University of New Brunswick (Gracilaria silviae - TFP08_0149) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Maycol E. Madrid C. University of North Carolina, Wilmington
(Gracilaria sp - GWS010042) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria sp. 1Cocos - GWS037684) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria sp. 1NOR - GWS032253) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Gracilaria sp. 1NSW - GWS032760) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria sp. 1Phil - GWS025727) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria sp. 1VAN - GWS022454) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified University of New Brunswick
(Gracilaria sp. 2Aus - GWS014836) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified University of New Brunswick (Gracilaria sp. 2NSW - GWS032644) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria sp. 2Phil - GWS025789) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Gracilaria sp. 2WA - GWS024502) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria sp. 2salicornia - GWS025738) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria sp. 3WA - GWS024326) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Gracilaria stipitata - GWS023426) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria suzanneae - TFP08_0131) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2025) Maycol E. Madrid C. University of North Carolina, Wilmington (Gracilaria textorii - GWS018228) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified University of New Brunswick
(Gracilaria tikvahiae - GWS011645) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified University of New Brunswick (Gracilaria transtasmanica - GWS015022) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified University of New Brunswick (Gracilaria veleroae - GWS032761) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Gracilaria vermiculophylla - GWS010562) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified University of New Brunswick (Gracilaria verrucosa - GWS032727) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Gracilaria webervanbosseae - GWS020686) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) Gary W. Saunders University of New Brunswick
(Gracilaria webervanbosseae)
  Sample ID:
GWS020686
  License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)
  License Holder:
Gary W. Saunders, University of New Brunswick

Collection Sites




Collected from 23 countries.
Top 20:
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Panama600France18Costa Rica7
Brazil260Mexico16India7
Canada136Argentina15United Kingdom3
Australia113South Africa13Philippines3
United States107South Korea10Northern Mariana Islands3
Kenya75Japan9Ecuador3
China36Netherlands9

Taxon Occurrence (GBIF)