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Gelidium amansii
| Gelidium amansii | |
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| Illustration of Gelidium amansii | |
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| Drying Gelidium amansii to make agar in Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gelidiales |
| Family: | Gelidiaceae |
| Genus: | Gelidium |
| Species: | G. amansii
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| Binomial name | |
| Gelidium amansii | |
Gelidium amansii, also known as by its Korean name umutgasari,[1] is an economically important species of red algae commonly found and harvested in the shallow coast (3 to 10 m or 10 to 33 ft of depth below the water) of many East Asian countries including North and South Korea, China, Japan, Singapore, and northeast Taiwan.[2]
- ^ "Umutgasari - Ark of Taste". Slow Food Foundation. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Chen; Tu; Wu (1 February 2004). "Growth-inhibitory effects of the red alga Gelidium amansii on cultured cells". Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 27 (2): 180–184. doi:10.1248/bpb.27.180. PMID 14758029.
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