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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis, 1863 
AphiaID: 145590

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPlantae (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorRhodophyta (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFlorideophyceae (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorRhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidiales (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidiaceae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium J.V. Lamouroux, 1813
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcrocarpus pusillus (Stackhouse) Kützing, 1849 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChondria pusilla (Stackhouse) W.J.Hooker, 1821 (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFucus hetaerophyllus Clemente, 1807
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFucus pusillus Stackhouse, 1795
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium repens Okamura, 1899 (synonym)
Sources  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]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Norwegian Bokmål Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsmal agaralge  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsmal agaralge  [details]
Direct child
taxa (9)
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[sort alpha..]		 Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium pusillum f. pakistancium Afaq-Husain & Shameel, 1999
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium pusillum var. cylindricum W.R.Taylor, 1945
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium pusillum var. mucronatum P.J.L.Dangeard, 1949
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium pusillum var. pacificum W.R.Taylor, 1945
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium pusillum var. pulvinatum (C.Agardh) Feldmann, 1936
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium pusillum var. simplex P.J.L.Dangeard, 1949

Forma Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium pusillum f. foliaceum Okamura, 1934 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium foliaceum (Okamura) E.M.Tronchin, 2002
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium pusillum var. conchicolum Piccone & Grunow, 1884 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPterocladiella caerulescens (Kützing) Santelices & Hommersand, 1997
Variety Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium pusillum var. minusculum Weber-van Bosse, 1921 accepted as Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGelidium minusculum (Weber-van Bosse) R.E.Norris, 1992
Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
France
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWimereux [details]
Gulf of Mexico
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Mexico [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAldabra [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIndian Ocean [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReunion [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [details]
Mediterranean Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMediterranean Sea [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorAzores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGulf of Maine [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIrish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorNorth West Atlantic [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUnited Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
North Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBelgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Republic of Mauritius
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMauritius [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorPublished in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (61 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (44 nucleotides; 33 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorLSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:77496 [details]

From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDiet photosynthetic [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Long island Sound to Georges Bank, Bay of Fundy to Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorHabitat exposed hard, littoral substrata [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMorphology Red colour results from the dominance of the pigments phycoerythrin and phycocyanin; this masks the other pigments, chlorophyll a (no chlorophyll b), beta-caratene and a number of unique xanthophylls. [details]

Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorReproduction vegetative reproduction is rare; asexual reproduction is effected by the formation of various kinds of spores; Sexual reproduction is unique in this group due to their passive, non flagellated sperm cells (spermatia) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145590
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2014). Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis, 1863. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145590 on 2014-07-22
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