Study area Macroalgae species detected Group Reference
Kuala Similajau, Sarawak Anadyomene plicata C. Agardh,
Acetabularia major C. Agardh,
Avrainvillea obscura (C. Agardh) J. Agardh, Cladophora prolifera (Roth) Kutzing, Ulva clathrata (Roth) Greville, Ulva intestinalis (Linnaeus) Nees, Valonia aegagropila C. Agardh
  Chlorophyta   [104]    
Dictyota sp., Lobophora variegata (Lamouroux) Womersley ex Oliveira, Sargassum sp., Padina minor Yamada Phaeophyta   [104]
Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Borgesen, Amphiroa fragilissima (Linnaeus) Lamouroux, Gelidiella acerosa (Forsskal) Feldmann & Hamel, Gracilaria salicornia (C. Agardh) Dawson, Hydropuntia edulis (S. G. Gmelin) P. C. Silva, Laurencia papillosa (C. Agardh) Greville, Laurencia sp., Ceramium sp.,  Pterocladia sp. Rhodophyta     [104]
Lawas mangrove forests, Miri, Sarawak Enteromorpha spp. and Rhizoclonium sp. Chlorophyta [105]
Bostrychia spp.,
Caloglossa spp., Catenella sp.
Rhodophyta   [105]
Pulau Gedung, Penang Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Borgesen Rhodophyta [106] 
Pantai Morib, Selangor Gracilaria (G.) changii B.M. Xia &
I.A. Abbott
Rhodophyta  [107]
Pulau
Gedung, Pulau Pinang
Acanthophora spicifera (Vahl) Borgesen Rhodophyta  [106]
Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia Kappaphycus alvarezii Rhodophyta [108]
Pulau Dinawan, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Cryptonemia crenulata(J. Agardh) J. Agardh Rhodophyta [109]
Pulau Tikus;
Sandakan; Pulau Bai, Sabah
Solieria anastomosa P. Gabrielson et Kraft Rhodophyta
Pulau Sapangar Kota Kinabalu; Tanjung Kaitan, Kota
Kinabalu, Sabah
Kappaphycus cottonii (Weber-van Bosse) Doty ex P. Silva in P. Silva Rhodophyta
Sungai Batu; Batu Ferringhi; Pasir Pandak; Pasir
Panjang; Teluk Kerachut, Penang
Gracilaria multifurcata Borgesen Rhodophyta
Kuah, Langkawi, Kedah Gracilaria tenuistipitata Chang et Xia Rhodophyta
TanjungAru, Pulau Labuan, Sabah Gracilaria firma Chang et Xia Rhodophyta
An island
in the Middle Banks, Penang; PulauBai,
Sandakan, Sabah
Gracilariopsis bailiniae(as bailinae) Zhang et Xia Rhodophyta
Table 4: The list of some species of macroalgae reported at various locations in Malaysia.