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Halimeda gracilis Harvey ex J. Agardh 

 Figure 44. 



Halimeda gracilis Harvey ex J. Agardh, 1887, p. 82; Harvey's Ceylon Algae 

 No. 72; Barton (1901), p. 22, Plate 3, Figs 28-32; Vickers and Shaw 

 (1908), p. 24, Plate 34; Collins (1909-1918), p. 399; Hillis (1959), p. 356, 

 Plates 2, 5, 6, 7, 10. 



Halimeda gracilis v. opuntioides Borgesen (1911), p. 144, Fig. 11; Borgesen 

 (1913), p. 108, Fig. 87. 



Halimeda gracilis f. laxa (Barton) Barton (1901), p. 22, Plate 3, Fig. 29; 

 Halimeda laxa Barton (1900), p. 479, Plate 18, Figs 1-3. 



Halimeda gracilis f. elegans Yamada (1941), p. 20, Fig. p. 21 ; Yamada (1944), 

 p. 28, Plate 3. 



Halimeda cuneata Kiitzing (1857), p. 8, Plate 21, Fig. 3. 







Fig. 44a. H. gracilis. Photograph shows spreading habit characteristic of many thalH. 

 Specimen from Saya de Malha. 



