Gracilaria cornea J.Agardh 1852
Current name:
Gracilaria cornea J.Agardh
TanzaniaKatrin Oesterlund (Katrin.Osterlund@uadm.uu.se)
Publication Details
Gracilaria cornea J.Agardh 1852: 598
Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1852). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumis secundi: Algas florideas complectens. Part 2, fasc. 2. pp. 577-700 [701-720, Addenda and Index]. Lundae [Lund]: C.W.K. Gleerup.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Gracilaria is Gracilaria compressa (C.Agardh) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Type Information
Type locality: Pernambuco (?), Brazil; (Bird, Oliveira Filho & McLachlan 1986: 2049) Lectotype: Fig. 8 (male): LD; 29370 (left-hand side) ex herb. Areschoug (Bird, Oliveira Filho & McLachlan 1986: 2049) Notes: Syntypes: 29370, in LD (tetrasporangial); BM (tetrasporangial); FH. Type locality ? Brazil: Pernambuco [Recife] (Index Nominum Algarum).
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), horny, hard and close-textured but not brittle (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 10 January 1999 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 30 January 2022
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Distributional note
According to Bird et al. (1986), the correct name for the species reported as Gracilaria debilis in the tropical western Atlantic is G. cornea J. Agardh (Hydropuntia cornea). [see Taylor 1960, 1969 and Fredericq & Norris 1985 records for tropical western Atlantic]. - (31 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
Habitat note
Bird et al. (1986) note that this species thrives in moderately exposed areas with clear, well-circulated water and is found from the intertidal zone to 38 m deep (Pereira et al. 1981). - (31 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 January 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 April 2025
