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Gracilariaceae
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Gracilariaceae

The Gracilariaceae is a small family of red algae, containing several genera of agarophytes. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, in which 24 species are found in China, six in Great Britain and Ireland, and some in Australia and Chile.

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Gracilaria

genusGracilaria

sea spaghettis

genusGracilariopsis

Melanthalia

genusMelanthalia

Curdiea

genusCurdiea

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67678.