| Galaxaura | |
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| Red seaweed, Galaxaura rugosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Nemaliales |
| Family: | Galaxauraceae |
| Genus: | Galaxaura J.V. Lamouroux, 1812 |
Galaxaura is a genus of thalloid red algae.
Dichotomous branches are formed; the medulla has a filamentous construction. It may be related to the fossil Gymnocodiaceae. [1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [2]
As accepted by WoRMS and AlgaeBase; [3] [4]
There are plenty of former Galaxaura species that are now synonyms of other genera. [4]
Laminaria is a genus of brown seaweed in the order Laminariales (kelp), comprising 31 species native to the north Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans. This economically important genus is characterized by long, leathery laminae and relatively large size. Some species are called Devil's apron, due to their shape, or sea colander, due to the perforations present on the lamina. Others are referred to as tangle. Laminaria form a habitat for many fish and invertebrates.
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.
Acanthophora is a genus of marine red algae in the family Rhodomelaceae.There are 26 species names in the AlgaeBase database at present, of which 7 have been flagged as currently accepted taxonomically.
The Corallinaceae are one of the two extant Coralline families of red algae; they are differentiated from the morphologically similar Sporolithaceae by their formation of grouped sporangial chambers, clustered into sori. The Corallinoideae is monophyletic; the other subfamilies form another monophyletic group.
Rhodomelaceae is estimated to be the largest red algae family, with about 125 genera and over 700 species.
Galaxauraceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Nemaliales.
Amphiroa is a genus of thalloid red algae under the family Corallinaceae.
Jania is a genus of red macroalgae with hard, calcareous, branching skeletons in the family Corallinaceae.
Stypopodium is a genus of thalloid brown alga in the family Dictyotaceae. Members of the genus are found in shallow tropical and subtropical seas around Africa, Pakistan, India, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Micronesia, the Caribbean, Venezuela, and Brazil.
Dumontiaceae is a red alga family in the order Gigartinales.
Claudea is a marine red alga genus.
Phyllophora is a genus of red algae in the family Phyllophoraceae.
Bangiaceae is a family of red algae in the order Bangiales. It contains laver, used to make laverbread, and various species in the genus of Pyropia are used to make nori.
Sporolithon is a genus of red coralline algae in the family Sporolithaceae, in the order Corallinales.
Naccariaceae is a family of red algae in the order Bonnemaisoniales, with 3 monotypic genera that are found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
Liagoraceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Nemaliales. The type genus is LiagoraJ.V.Lamouroux.
Halymeniales is an order of red algae belonging to the class Florideophyceae and the subclass Rhodymeniophycidae.
Galaxaura rugosa is a species of red algae in the family Galaxauraceae. The species is the type species of its genus, Galaxaura. The species is found in the Pacific and Indian oceans, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Macaronesia.
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