| Description: |
Cartilaginous, cylindrical, dull purple fronds, to 500 mm long, one or several arising from small, fleshy, perennial discoid holdfast. Branching very irregular, sparse or profuse, branches to 2 mm diam., apices pointed. Intertidal tissue of large thin-walled cells with narrow outer cortical zone of small colourless cells. |
Species:
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Gracilaria gracilis (Stackh.) Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & Farnham |
