An Index of Commercially Useful Red Seaweeds (Phylum Rhodophyta)
Annual commercial harvest over 400,000 dry metric tons & more than 800,000 wet tons of maërl (the coralline algae Lithothamnion + Phymatolithon) |
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| Genus |
Species |
Trade name |
Tons/yr |
| 1.Acanthophora |
spicifera |
acanthophora |
n/a |
| 2.Ahnfeltia |
plicata, tobucheiensis |
ahnfeltia |
5,000 |
| 3.Asparagopsis |
taxiformis |
asparagopsis |
n/a |
4.Betaphycus
(aka Eucheuma) |
gelatinae |
gelatinae |
100 |
| 5.Caloglossa |
adnata, leprieurii |
calaglossa |
n/a |
| 6.Catenella |
spp. |
catnella |
n/a |
| 7.Chondrus |
armatus, crassicaulis, crispus, ocellatus |
irish moss |
12,000 |
| 8.Eucheuma |
cartilaginium, denticulatum, isiforme, muricatum |
spinosum |
29,000 |
| 9.Furcellaria |
fastigiata, lumbricalis |
furcellaria |
100 |
| 10.Gelidiella |
acerosa, tenuissima |
gelidiella |
200 |
| 11.Gelidium |
abbottiorum, anansii, capense, chilense, latifolium, lingulatum, madagascariense, pristoides, pteridifolium, pusillum, robustum, rex, sesquipedale, vagum & spp. |
gelidium |
19,000 |
| 12.Gigartina |
canaliculata, chamissoi, intermedia, scottsbergii & spp. |
gigartina |
6,500 |
| 13.Gloiopeltis |
furcata, tenax, complanata, spp. |
gloiopeltis |
200 |
| 14.Gracilaria |
asisatica, bursa-pastoris, caudata, changii, chilensis, cornea, coronopifera, crassissima, domingensis, edulis, eucheumoides, firma, fisheri, folifera, gracilis, heteroclada, howei, lemaneiformis, longa, pacifica, parvispora, salicornia, tenuistipitata, verrucosa & spp. |
gracilaria |
88,000 |
| 15.Gracilariopsis |
lemaneiformis, tenuifrons |
gracilariopsis |
n/a |
| 16.Grateloupia |
filicina |
grateloupia |
n/a |
| 17.Gymnogongrus |
furcellatus |
gymnogongrus |
n/a |
| 18.Halymenia |
discoidea, durvillaei, venusta & spp. |
halymenia |
n/a |
| 19.Hypnea |
musciformis, muscoides, nidifica, pannosa, valentiae & spp. |
hypnea |
n/a |
| 20.Iridaea |
ciliata, edulis, laminarioides, membranacea |
radula |
6,000 |
21.Kappaphycus
(aka Eucheuma) |
alvarezii, cottonii, procrusteanum, striatum |
cottonii |
105,000 |
| 22.Laurencia |
obtusa, papillosa, pinnitifida |
laurencia |
n/a |
| 23.Lithothamnion |
corallioides |
maerl |
801,000
(wet) |
| 24.Mastocarpus |
papillatus, stellatus |
mastocarpus |
700 |
| 25.Mazzaella |
splendens |
mazzaella |
n/a |
| 26.Meristotheca |
papulosa, procumbens |
meristotheca |
n/a |
| 27.Nemalion |
vermiculare |
nemalion |
n/a |
| 28.Palmaria |
hecatensis, mollis, palmata |
dulse, dillisk |
100 |
| 29.Phyllophora |
orientalis |
phyllophora |
n/a |
| 30.Phymatolithon |
calcareum |
maerl |
see 22 above |
| 31.Porphyra |
abbotae, acanthophora, atropurpurae, columbina, crispata, fallax, haitanensis, kuniedae, leucostica, perforata, pseudolanceolata, seriata, spirilis, suborticulata, tenera, torta, umbilicalis, vietnamensis, yezoensis & spp. |
laver, nori |
131,000 |
| 32.Pterocladia |
capillacea, lucida |
pterocladia |
350 |
| 33.Scinaia |
moniliformis |
scinaiea |
n/a |
| 34.Solieria |
spp. |
solieria |
n/a |
| 35.Tichocarpus |
crinitis |
tichocarpus |
n/a |
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