Gracilaria debilis (Forsskål) Børgesen 1932

Current name: Gracilaria debilis (Forsskål) Børgesen
Okha, Devbhumi Dwaraka District, Gujarat, 361350, India - 29 June 2021. Haresh Kalasariya (hareshahir22@gmail.com)

Publication Details
Gracilaria debilis (Forsskål) Børgesen 1932: 7

Published in: Børgesen, F. (1932). A revision of Forsskål's algae mentioned in Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica and found in his herbarium in the Botanical Museum of the University of Copenhagen. Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 8(2): 1-14, 4 figs, 1 plate.

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Type 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.

Basionym
Fucus debilis Forsskål

Type Information
Type locality: Mokha (Al Mukha), Yemen; (Silva & al. 1996: 163) Holotype: P. Forsskål, No. 888; C (Forsskål herbarium); (Bird, Oliveira Filho & McLachlan 1986: fig. 2)

Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), weak.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 30 December 1997 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 11 February 2011

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Taxonomic note
According to Newton (1953: 412), the name Gracilaria wrightii has been misapplied to this species by several authors - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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 (J. Agardh) M.J. Wynne]. - (31 May 2010) - G.M. Guiry

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G.M. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 11 February 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 01 April 2025