Research progress in biology and aquaculture of Grateloupia

Grateloupia, 42 species reported in China, are economic red algae which are widely applied in food, chemical industry and medicine (detoxication, expelling parasite, antioxidant, anticoagulant, antitumor and antioxidation). The paper reports on the research progress in the classification, reproduction, physiology, ecology and breeding, as well as points out the problem of utilization of Grateloupia, providing references for the breeding and utilization of Grateloupia.