33+ Genus Gracilaria Sea Moss US. Algae came to existence about three and a half billion choose an option dried jamaican purple sea moss (genus gracilaria) dried gold st. Gracilaria is a genus of red algae (rhodophyta) notable for its economic importance as an agarophyte, as well as its use as a food for humans and various species of shellfish.
The principal constituent is a mucilaginous body, made of the.
They are all referred to as 'sea moss' but they are very different from each other. This genus has a wide range of different species with slightly distinct properties. Agardh (1852) (tseng and xia, 1999). Axes and branches terete to flattened.