Gracilaria protea J.Agardh 1901

Publication Details
Gracilaria protea J.Agardh 1901: 58

Published in: Agardh, J.G. (1901). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Vol. tertii, pars quarta. De Florideis Mantissa collectanea tum de speciebus novis aut aliter interpretandis commentaria, tum indicea sistens specierum antea seorsim descriptarum. pp. [6], 1-149. Lundae [Lund]: apud C.W.K. Gleerup.

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Publication date: 2 Mar 1901

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.

Type Information
Type locality: Mauritius; (Silva & al. 1996: 174)

General Environment
This is a marine species.

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

Last updated: 25 July 2011

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Unspecified note
According to Iyer et al. (2005: 672), South African Gracilaria protea is conspecific with tropical Indian Ocean G. corticata - (28 July 2006) - G.M. Guiry

Taxonomic note
According to Papenfuss (1943a: 87), the name Gracilaria dentata has been misapplied to this species by Delf & Michell (1921: 108) - (11 May 2006) - G.M. Guiry

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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 25 July 2011. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 14 June 2025