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Gracilariopsis Taxonomy
- Life History
- Algal Parasite
- Taxonomy
- References
- now housed in order Gracilariales, Family Gracilariaceae
- pulled out of Gigartinales in 1989 by Fredericq and Hommersand (1989)
- Most closely related to the other agarophytes
- Ahnfeltiales (formerly in the Gigartinales)
- Gelidiales (formerly in the Cryptonemiales)
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
--Ben Hale 1999.