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 vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967

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

*Agarophyton vermiculophyllum*	(Ohmi) Gurgel, J.N.Norris et Fredericq, 2018	synonym
*Gracilariopsis vermiculophylla*	Ohmi, 1956	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Japanese: オゴノリ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: grov agaralg

Literature

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	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Marchini, A., J. Ferrario, A. Sfriso & A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi. (2015). Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea. Biological Invasions. 17:2943–2962.
new combination reference	Papenfuss, G. F. (1967). Notes on algal nomenclature - V. Various Chlorophyceae and Rhodophyceae. Phykos. 5: 95-105.

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 vermiculophylla (Ohmi) Papenfuss, 1967. 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:236157