Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Gelidiales > Family Gelidiaceae

Gelidium J.V. Lamouroux, 1813

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Gelidium affine Schiffner
Gelidium arbuscula Bory ex Børgesen, 1927
Gelidium canariense (Grunow) Seoane-Camba ex Prud'homme, Haroun & Audiffred, 1994
Gelidium corneum (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
Gelidium crinale (Hare ex Turner) Gaillon, 1828
Gelidium hypnosum Zanardini ex R.Molinier, 1960
Gelidium intertextum P.Dangeard, 1949
Gelidium maggsiae Rico & Guiry, 1997
Gelidium microdon Kützing, 1849
Gelidium micropterum Kützing, 1868
Gelidium minusculum (Weber Bosse) R.E.Norris, 1992
Gelidium pectinatum (Montagne) Montagne, 1846
Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing, 1868
Gelidium pulvinatum Thuret ex Bornet, 1876
Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis, 1863
Gelidium reptans (Suhr) Kylin, 1938
Gelidium secundatum Zanardini ex Kützing, 1869
Gelidium serra (S.G.Gmelin) E.Taskin & M.J.Wynne, 2013
Gelidium spathulatum (Kützing) Bornet, 1892
Gelidium spinosum (S.G.Gmelin) P.C.Silva, 1996
Gelidium torulosum Kützing, 1868
Gelidium venetum Schiffner, 1938
Gelidium versicolor (S.G.Gmelin) J.V.Lamouroux, 1813

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: テングサ属

Literature

original description	Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1813). Essai sur les genres de la famille des thalassiophytes non articulées. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle [Paris]. 20: 21-47, 115-139, 267-293.
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38
additional source	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

Citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Gelidium J.V. Lamouroux, 1813. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:144135