| Delesseriaceae | |
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| Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Ceramiales |
| Family: | Delesseriaceae Bory |
| Subfamilies (and tribes) | |
The Delesseriaceae is a family of about 100 genera of marine red alga. [1]
As accepted by AlgaeBase (with amount of species per genus); [2]
Subfamily DelesserioideaeStizenberger (124)
Subfamily HeterosiphonioideaeH.-G.Choi, Kraft, I.K.Lee & G.W.Saunders (45)
Subfamily NitophylloideaeStizenberger (94)
Subfamily PhycodryoideaeShowe M.Lin, S.Fredericq, & M.H.Hommersand (190)
Subfamily SarcomenioideaeDe Toni (74)
Gracilaria, also known as irish moss or ogonori, is a genus of red algae in the family Gracilariaceae. It is notable for its economic importance as an agarophyte meaning that it is used to make agar, as well as its use as a food for humans and various species of shellfish. Various species in the genus are cultivated among Asia, South America, Africa and Oceania. They produce over 90% of the world's agar.
Chordariaceae is a family of brown algae. Members of this family are may be filamentous, crustose with fused cells at the base, or they may be terete and differentiated into a central medulla and an outer photosynthetic cortex. They have a sporphytic thallus usually aggregated to form a pseudo-parenchyma.
Halymenia a genus of a macroscopic red algae that grows in oceans worldwide.
Rhodomelaceae is estimated to be the largest red algae family, with about 125 genera and over 700 species.
Rhodymenia is a genus of red algae, containing the following species:
Laurencia is a genus of red algae that grow in temperate and tropical shore areas, in littoral to sublittoral habitats, at depths up to 65 m (213 ft).
Solieriaceae is a family of red algae in the order Gigartinales.
Chondria is a genus of red algae in the family Rhodomelaceae.
Wrangeliaceae is a red alga family in the order Ceramiales. It was published by J.Agardh in 1851 in his book Species, genera et ordines algarum : seu descriptiones succinctae specierum.
Hypnea is a genus of red algae, and a well known carrageenophyte.
Acrosorium is a genus of marine red algae.
Callithamniaceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Ceramiales. The family was first described by Friedrich Traugott Kützing in 1843.
Champia is a genus of red algae in the family Champiaceae, first described in 1809 by Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
Apoglossum is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Delesseriaceae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Callithamnion is a genus of algae belonging to the family Callithamniaceae.
Liagoraceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Nemaliales. The type genus is LiagoraJ.V.Lamouroux.
Caloglossa is a genus of algae in the Delesseriaceae.
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