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Family: Gracilariaceae (See list of species below)

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29 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Curdiea angusta []	No picture found Gracilaria arcuata [Arcuate gracilaria]	No picture found Gracilaria bursa-pastoris []
No picture found Gracilaria canaliculata []	No picture found Gracilaria cervicornis []	No picture found Gracilaria coronopifolia []
No picture found Gracilaria corticata []	No picture found Gracilaria debilis []	No picture found Gracilaria dura []
No picture found Gracilaria ecuadoreanus []	No picture found Gracilaria foliifera [Graceful red weed]	No picture found Gracilaria gracilis [Warty gracilaria]
No picture found Gracilaria hauckii []	No picture found Gracilaria mammillaris []	No picture found Gracilaria manilaensis [Filiform sea moss]
No picture found Gracilaria maramae [brown seaweeds]	No picture found Gracilaria pacifica []	No picture found Gracilaria salicornia [Segmented gracilaria]
No picture found Gracilaria skottsbergii []	No picture found Gracilaria spinigera []	No picture found Gracilaria tikvahiae []
No picture found Gracilaria venezuelensis []	No picture found Gracilaria vermiculophylla []	No picture found Gracilariopsis longissima []
No picture found Gracilariopsis persica []	No picture found Hydropuntia cornea []	No picture found Hydropuntia crassissima []
No picture found Hydropuntia edulis [Dichotomously branched gracilaria]	No picture found Hydropuntia eucheumatoides []

29 Species of Family Gracilariaceae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Curdiea angusta		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Gracilaria arcuata	Arcuate gracilaria	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic Oc
Gracilaria bursa-pastoris		Western Central Atlantic
Gracilaria canaliculata		Indo-West Pacific.
Gracilaria cervicornis		Western Central Atlantic
Gracilaria coronopifolia		Pacific Ocean
Gracilaria corticata		Western Indian Ocean.
Gracilaria debilis		Western Central Atlantic
Gracilaria dura		Mediterranean Sea.
Gracilaria ecuadoreanus		Southeast Pacific
Gracilaria foliifera	Graceful red weed	Western Indian Ocean, Atl
Gracilaria gracilis	Warty gracilaria	Mediterranean Sea.
Gracilaria hauckii		Western Central Pacific
Gracilaria mammillaris		Western Central Atlantic
Gracilaria manilaensis	Filiform sea moss	Pacific Ocean
Gracilaria maramae	brown seaweeds	Pacific Ocean	50 PL
Gracilaria pacifica		Northeast Pacific
Gracilaria salicornia	Segmented gracilaria	Indian Ocean	10 TL
Gracilaria skottsbergii		Southeast Pacific
Gracilaria spinigera		Eastern Central Pacific
Gracilaria tikvahiae		Pacific Ocean and Northwe
Gracilaria venezuelensis		Western Central Atlantic
Gracilaria vermiculophylla		Northeast Atlantic
Gracilariopsis longissima		Cosmopolitan. Temperate
Gracilariopsis persica		Western Indian Ocean
Hydropuntia cornea		Western Central Atlantic
Hydropuntia crassissima		Western Central Atlantic
Hydropuntia edulis	Dichotomously branched gracilaria	Indian Ocean
Hydropuntia eucheumatoides		Western Central Pacific

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