Gelidium amansii
| Gelidium amansii | |
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| Illustration of Gelidium amansii | |
| Drying Gelidium amansii to make agar in Japan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Gelidiales |
| Family: | Gelidiaceae |
| Genus: | Gelidium |
| Species: | G. amansii |
| Binomial name | |
| Gelidium amansii | |
Gelidium amansii, also known as by its Korean name umutgasari, 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.