Abstract
The majority of Gracilaria species from the warm waters of the American Atlantic can be identified with reference to Taylor (1960). However, examination of extensive collections leads to unconvincing naming of specimens. This situation is not peculiar to the warm Atlantic but also to other areas having already received monographic treatment of Gracilaria (e.g., Bodard 1966; May 1948; Umamaheswara Rao 1972). In a better situation regarding Gracilaria taxonomy are Baja California, Mexico (Dawson 1949), Japan (Ohmi 1958; Yamamoto 1978), and China (Chang & Xia 1976). Even so, the existence in these areas of taxa with very broad disjunct distributions is still a matter of concern that justifies further studies.
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de Oliveira, E.C. (1984). Taxonomic criteria in the genus Gracilaria Grev. (Rhodophyta): An experience with the western Atlantic species. In: Bird, C.J., Ragan, M.A. (eds) Eleventh International Seaweed Symposium. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6560-7_8
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