Gracilaria foliifera (Forsskål) Børgesen 1932


Division     Rhodophyta
Class     Rhodophyceae
Order     Gracilariales
Family    Gracilariaceae
Basionym     Fucus foliifer Forsskål 1932
SynonymChondrus multipartitus var. foliifer (Forsskål) Greville; Fucus aeruginosus var. lichenoides Turner; Fucus aeruginosus var. nudiusculus Turner; Sphaerococcus multipartitus var. lichenoides (Turner) C.Agardh

    Thallus brownish to yellowish red in colour, up to 16 cm in height, flat or compressed dichotomously or sub-dichotomously branched, attached by a discoid holdfast; frond membranous, proliferous, and branches tapering towards the apices, laciniate with acuminate tips, proliferations often marginal


Ecology

Lithophytic, occurs in lower mid littoral zone, tide pools.


Distribution in India

Andaman Islands & Nicobar Islands (Silva & al. 1996), Gujarat (Silva & al. 1996), Karnataka (Gupta & Das 2019), Laccadive Islands (Silva & al. 1996), Tamil Nadu.