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Gelidium
pulchellum (Turner) Kützing

Gelidium pulchellum
(Turner) Kützing
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Species Details
Class:	Florideophyceae
Genus:	Gelidium J.V. Lamouroux
Species:	Gelidium pulchellum
Authority:	(Turner) Kützing
Description:	Cartilaginous, regularly or irregularly bipinnate, dark red-brown fronds, 50-100 mm high, arising from a creeping base. Main axes narrow, cylindrical, somewhat flattened above. Ultimate branches short, pointed at first, later ± spathulate, particularly when reproductive. Appearance variable with habitat and time of year. Key characteristics: Pinnate branching, mid- and lower-intertidal low-light habitats, and slighly flattened main axis. Similar species: Gelidium latifolium is more flattened and more regularly pinnately branched and occurs in lower-shore habitats and in the subtidal. Original publication: Kützing, F.T. (1868). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Vol. 18 pp. [i-iii], 1-35, 100 pls. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne). Download PDF from Algaebase

Name History	Adjective (Latin), beautiful and little (Stearn 1973)
Biogeography	NE Atlantic (Ireland and Britain to Portugal and Marocco). Australia.
Life Cycle
Uses and compounds	Source of hydrocolloids - source of agar
References	Perrone, C., Felicini, G.P. & Bottalico, A. (2006). The prostrate system of the Gelidiales: diagnostic and taxonomic importance. Botanica Marina 49: 23-33.

Habitat:	Marine species, abundant in and around tidal pools in mid- and lower intertidal in high-light situations. Generally epiphytic on Corallina officinalis. Widely distributed, common
Type information:	Basionym: Fucus corneus var. pulchellus Turner

Specimens

( 42 record(s) available )

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Type	Number	Species	Date	Coastal Station
(F)	42	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1999-10-09	A-Ver-o-Mar, Portugal
(F)	59	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1998-10-09	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(F)	92	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	2000-06-06	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(H)	194	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	2000-10-16	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(H)	195	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1997-12-16	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(H)	374	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1999-10-09	Apúlia, Portugal
(O)	804	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1998-02-26	Portinho da Areia do Norte (Peniche), Portugal
(O)	851	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1998-10-09	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	888	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1999-08-18	S. Martinho do Porto, Portugal
(O)	917	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1999-10-09	A-Ver-o-Mar, Portugal
(O)	954	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1999-10-09	Apúlia, Portugal
(O)	979	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1999-10-09	Aguçadoura, Portugal
(O)	1006	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	2000-03-09	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	1049	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	2000-06-06	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	1074	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	2001-03-11	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	1148	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	2000-10-16	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	1162	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	2001-12-05	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	1192	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	2001-10-18	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	1261	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	1997-12-16	Buarcos Bay, Portugal
(O)	1287	Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kützing	2002-02-15	Buarcos Bay, Portugal

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Bibliography

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The antibacterial potential of the seaweeds

Morphological and biosystematic studies of Gelidium pus ilium and G. pulchellum (Gelidiaceae, Rhodophyta) from Europe

Antiviral activity of the extracts of Rhodophyceae...

THE SEAWEED RESOURCES OF PORTUGAL

The effect of light on growth and agar content of Gelidium pulchellum (Gelidiaceae, Rhodophyta) in culture

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