Gracilaria paradoxa J. Agardh, 1901: 67 (syntype localities: Australia, including various in Western Australia).—De Toni, 1924: 257.— V. May, 1948: 59.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Australia.
Note: Gracilaria paradoxa was listed as a species incertae sedis by Withell, Millar, & Kraft (1994: 349).