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Gracilaria foliifera (Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932 
AphiaID: 145699

Classification: Biota > Plantae (Kingdom) > Biliphyta (Subkingdom) > Rhodophyta (Phylum) > Eurhodophytina (Subdivision) > Florideophyceae (Class) > Rhodymeniophycidae (Subclass) > Gracilariales (Order) > Gracilariaceae (Family) > Gracilaria (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Gracilaria Greville, 1830
Synonymised
taxa		  Fucus foliifer Forsskål, 1775
 Gracilaria multipartita var. aeruginosa (Turner) J.Agardh, 1852
Sources  basis of record: Algaebase, available online at http://www.algaebase.org [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]

basis of record: Silva, C., P. Basson & R. Moe (1996). Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean. Volume 79 of University of California Publications in Botany (ISBN 0-520-09810-2). [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Forma Gracilaria foliifera f. aeruginosa Børgesen, 1938
Forma Gracilaria foliifera f. granatea (J.V.Lamouroux) Børgesen, 1938

Variety Gracilaria foliifera var. angustissima W.R.Taylor, 1940 accepted as Gracilaria tikvahiae McLachlan, 1979
Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Kenya [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links Published in AlgaeBase Logo AlgaeBase
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Image 
Gracilaria foliifera (Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932
Gracilaria foliifera (Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932
added on 2006-09-13 - author: Nuyttens, Filip
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:145699
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Guiry, Michael D.
  
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  Citation: Guiry, Michael D. (2013). Gracilaria foliifera (Forsskål) Børgesen, 1932. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2013). 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=145699 on 2013-05-23
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