Gracilariopsis Taxonomy

Division Rhodophyta

Class Rhodophyceae

Order Gracilariales

Family Gracilariaceae

History of the name 'Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis'

(see Fredericq and Hommersand (1989) for grueling detail)

Peru:

Gigartina lemanaeformis (1828)

Gracilaria lichenoides (1889)

Cordylecladia lemanaeformis (1914)

Gracilaria lemanaeformis (1928)

Meanwhile, back in Monterey:

Gracilaria sjoestedtii separated from Gracilaria robusta (1930)

Gracilariopsis lemanaeformis (1964)

Gracilaria lemaneiformis (1983)

1989, the last change I'm aware of:

Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis (Bory) Dawson, Acleto and Fodvik