Delesseriaceae | |
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Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | 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 is a genus of red algae (Rhodophyta) notable for its economic importance as an agarophyte, 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.
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.
The Schizoserideae are a tribe of algae in the family Delesseriaceae.
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 red alga genus 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.
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.