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Furcellaria lumbricalis is a red marine alga found in parts of the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea regions. It is a branched seaweed and is commercially important because it contains furcellaran, a polysaccharide with properties similar to carrageenan that can be extracted for use as a gelling or thic...
Gymnogongrus griffithsiae is a red alga in the family Phyllophoraceae, recorded from the northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. It forms cylindrical, branching fronds and is associated with intertidal habitats, where it grows in a zone shaped by submersion, exposure, and wave action. The speci...
Scinaia furcellata is a marine red alga in the family Scinaiaceae. Its thallus is tubular, hollow, gelatinous, and repeatedly forked, with branches that may be pink, red, or purplish and narrow toward the tips. The species grows attached in shallow subtidal or lower shore habitats and has been recor...
A perennial red alga (Phyllophoraceae) of the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea, historically significant as a source of floridean starch and agar-related polysaccharides.
