Algae Australian Algae Name Index (AANI)

Showing Gracilariopsis longissima
Gracilariaceae
Gracilariopsis longissima (S.G.Gmel.) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham , legitimate, scientific
Steentoft, M., Irvine, L.M. & Farnham, W.F. (1995), Two terete species of Gracilaria and Gracilariopsis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) in Britain. Phycologia 34: 117 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Fucus longissimus S.G.Gmel. legitimate
Gurgel, C.F.D., Liao, L.M., Fredericq, S. & Hommersand, M.H. (2003), Systematics of Gracilariopsis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analyses and morphological evidence. Journal of Phycology 39: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Fucus longissimus S.G.Gmel. legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Flagellaria longissima (S.G.Gmel.) Stackh. legitimate misapplication: Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis (Bory) E.Y.Dawson, Acleto & Foldvik legitimate by Womersley, H.B.S. (1996), The Marine Benthic Flora of Southern Australia. Part IIIB: 30
  • APC Comment: R.Cowan (2011) uses this taxon concept.
ABRS (2011), Australian Algal Name Index Edn. 2011: - [secondary reference]
  • Comment: The Norfolk Island distribution is based on specimens which Millar 1999 Aust Syst Bot 12:508 cites as being possibly this taxon. This is an invasive species.
  • AMANI dist.: South Australia (Flindersian), Norfolk Island. World: Western Europe, Mediterranean.