title: Gymnothamnion elegans
text: # Gymnothamnion elegans
  
  Gymnothamnion elegans (syn. Callithamnion elegans Schousboe ex C.Agardh 1828) is a red alga species in the genus Gymnothamnion found in South Africa from Bakoven on Cape Peninsula to KwaZulu-Natal.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  * Gymnothamnion elegans var. bisporum Stegenga 1986, (Hout Bay to East London, endemic)
  