Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Biliphyta > Division Rhodophyta > Subdivision Eurhodophytina > Class Florideophyceae > Subclass Rhodymeniophycidae > Order Gracilariales > Family Gracilariaceae > Subfamily Gracilarioideae > Tribe Gracilarieae > Genus Gracilaria

Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Gracilaria*	Greville, 1830	accepted genus name
*Plocaria*	Nees, 1820	synonym

Species group names

*Fucus gracilis*	Stackhouse, 1801	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: gracilariatang sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: knoopwier sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: pollris sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: pollris sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: späd agaralg

Literature

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
basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453.

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). Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham, 1995. 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:145700