Gracilaria arcuata Zanardini 1858
Current name:
Gracilaria arcuata Zanardini
Hsiao-Liuchiu island, Pingtong County, Taiwan. 1992. 5. 22. Photo by Huang Su-fang, National Taiwan Museum, from http://www.ntm.gov.tw/seaweeds.Sue Huang (sfhuang@ntm.gov.tw)
Publication Details
Gracilaria arcuata Zanardini 1858: 265, pl. 5: fig. 2
Published in: Zanardini, J.[=G.] (1858 '1857'). Plantarum in mari Rubro hucusque collectarum enumerato (juvante A. Figari). Memoirie del Reale Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti 7: 209-309, pls III-XIV.
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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: Aquaba (Akaba), Jordan; (Silva & al. 1996: 155) Type: Museo Civico, Venice?; (Yoshida 1998: 813) Notes: Abott (1988, 1994) cites the Red Sea as the type locality.
Origin of Species Name
Participle A (Latin), curved, like a bow (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 22 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 11 November 2022
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Taxonomic note
According to Umamaheswara Rao (1974b: 673-674), the name Gracilaria compressa has been misapplied to this species by Børgesen (1937a: 48) and V.Krishnamurthy & H.Joshi (1970: 21) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry
Distributional note
This species was introduced into the Mediterranean (Verlaque et al. 2015: 165) via the Suez Canal, being first reported from Tunisia prior to 1931. - (05 November 2015) - M.D. Guiry
Habitat note
On rock flat ca. 30 cm below low water; on stones in Caulerpa racemosa community growing on calcareous sand, ca. 30 cm below low water; on sponge, ca. 15 cm below low water (Lipkin & Silva 2002). - (31 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 November 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025
