Gracilaria maramae   G.R. South

brown seaweeds
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Florideophyceae | Gracilariales | Gracilariaceae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Epiphytic.  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Pacific Ocean: Fiji, Samoa and American Samoa.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 50.0 cm PL male/unsexed; (Ref. 82232); common length : 20.0 cm PL male/unsexed; (Ref. 82232)

Short description Morphology

At Navulivatu Settlement, Serua, Fiji, thalli of G. maramae were about 2 mm. G. maramae generally has long internodal distances and is not profusely branched, so often resembles spaghetti noodles. Plant length can be up to 500 mm though 200 mm is typical Plants were found individually scattered on sandy substrates, attached by a holdfast to pieces of shell and were slightly translucent golden brown in colour (Ref. 82232). G. maramae has a long, sparsely branched and quite thick thallus that gives it a characteristic spaghetti-noodles appearance (Ref. 82232).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Has high potential as a source of commercial agar, and hence aquaculture (Ref. 82232).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry. 2009. (Ref. 80701)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless (Ref. 82232)

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquaculture: likely future use
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | AlgaeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (40 of 100).

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