Gelidium

Gelidium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Rhodophyceae
Subclass:	Rhodymeniophycidae
Order:	Gelidiales
Family:	Gelidiaceae
Genus:	Gelidium J.V. Lamouroux, 1813

Gelidium is a genus of thalloid red algae comprising 124 species. Its members are known by a number of common names.^{[note 1]} Specimens can reach around 2–40 cm (0.79–16 in) in size. Branching is irregular, or occurs in rows on either side of the main stem. Gelidium produces tetraspores. Many of the algae in this genus are used to make agar. Chaetangium is a synonym.^[1]

Species

Gelidium affine Gelidium allanii Gelidium amamiense Gelidium amansii Gelidium ambiguum Gelidium americanum Gelidium anthonini Gelidium applanatum Gelidium arborescens Gelidium arenarium Gelidium asperum Gelidium australe Gelidium bernabei Gelidium bipectinatum Gelidium canariense Gelidium cantabricum Gelidium capense Gelidium caulacantheum Gelidium ceramoides Gelidium chilense Gelidium coarctatum Gelidium concinnum Gelidium congestum Gelidium coronadense Gelidium coulteri Gelidium crinale Gelidium crispum Gelidium deciduum Gelidium decompositum Gelidium delicatulum Gelidium divaricatum Gelidium elegans Gelidium elminense Gelidium fasciculatum

Gelidium filicinum Gelidium flaccidum Gelidium floridanum Gelidium foliaceum Gelidium foliosum Gelidium galapagense Gelidium hancockii Gelidium heterocladum Gelidium hommersandii Gelidium howei Gelidium hypnosum Gelidium inagakii Gelidium inflexum Gelidium intertextum Gelidium isabelae Gelidium japonicum Gelidium johnstonii Gelidium kintaroi Gelidium latiusculum Gelidium lingulatum Gelidium linoides Gelidium longipes Gelidium macnabbianum Gelidium madagascariense Gelidium maggsiae Gelidium masudae Gelidium microdentatum Gelidium microdon Gelidium microdonticum Gelidium microphyllum Gelidium microphysa Gelidium micropterum Gelidium minusculum Gelidium multifidum

Gelidium musciforme Gelidium nova-granatense Gelidium nudifrons Gelidium omanense Gelidium pacificum Gelidium planiusculum Gelidium pluma Gelidium pristoides Gelidium profundum Gelidium pseudointricatum Gelidium pteridifolium Gelidium pulchellum Gelidium pulchrum Gelidium pulvinatum Gelidium purpurascens Gelidium pusillum Gelidium reediae Gelidium refugiensis Gelidium regulare Gelidium reptans Gelidium rex Gelidium rigens Gelidium robustum Gelidium samoense Gelidium sclerophyllum Gelidium secundatum Gelidium semipinnatum Gelidium serrulatum Gelidium sesquipedale Gelidium sinicola Gelidium spathulatum Gelidium spinosum Gelidium subfastigiatum Gelidium tenue

Gelidium tsengii Gelidium umbricola Gelidium usmanghanii Gelidium vagum Gelidium venetum Gelidium venturianum Gelidium versicolor Gelidium vietnamense Gelidium vittatum Gelidium yamadae Gelidium zollingeri

Notes

1. Recorded common names are tengusa, makusa, genso, niu mau tsai, japansche scheleiachtige mos, steen-or klipbloem, hay tsay, olus marinus, sajur laut, tschintschau, tschoo-hoae, onikusa, hirakusa, obusa, rødalge-slaegt, gelídeos, punalevä-suku, tokoroten, kanten, tokoro-tengusa, kinukusa, isingglass, hai-ten-gusa, tocoroten, tengusa-agar, limu lo-loa, hai-tengusa, onigusa, oyakusa, kanten weed, goumaocai, hime tengusa, shihua and tanmae.

References

• Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Gelidium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-04-18.

1. Tronchin, E. M.; Freshwater, D. W.; Bolton, J. J.; Anderson, R. J. (2002). "A Reassessment and Reclassification of Species in the Genera Onikusa Akatsuka and Suhria J. Agardh ex Endlicher (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) Based on Molecular and Morphological Data". Botanica Marina 45 (6): 548–558. doi:10.1515/BOT.2002.058.

• Toefy, R., Gibbons, M.J. & McMillan, I.K. 2005. The foraminifera associated with the alga Gelidium pristoides, South Africa. African Invertebrates 46: 1-26.

External links

• Images of Gelidium at Algaebase