Global InformationGrateloupia turuturu information
| Grateloupia turuturu | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Halymeniales |
| Family: | Halymeniaceae |
| Genus: | Grateloupia |
| Species: | G. turuturu
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| Binomial name | |
| Grateloupia turuturu Yamada, 1941
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Grateloupia turuturu, known as the devil's tongue weed, is a marine species of the Rhodophyta (red algae) plant, a type of seaweed, native to eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea) and parts of eastern Russia.[1] Due to global shipping and maritime activities, G. turuturu has become an invasive species that has altered natural communities by out-competing native seaweed species, this has resulted in a loss of habitat in many parts of the world, primarily in Australia, northern Ireland, Great Britain, and the northeastern United States. Other common names for this species are the "red menace" and "red tide".[2]
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