Galaxauraceae
| Galaxauraceae | |
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| Galaxaura rugosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Nemaliales |
| Family: | Galaxauraceae P.G.Parkinson, 1983[1] |
| Genera | |
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Galaxauraceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Nemaliales.
The type genus is Galaxaura.
The name Galaxauraceae was first published by Russian botanist Paulus Horaninow (1796-1865) in 1843.[2]
The family has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]
Calcification (while, chalky outer layer) appears in all members of the Galaxauraceae family.[4]
List of genera[edit]
According to the AlgaeBase (amount of species per genus);[5]
- Actinotrichia Decaisne - 5 spp.
- Dichotomaria Lamarck - 20 spp.
- Galaxaura J.V.Lamouroux - 25 spp.
- Tricleocarpa Huisman & Borowitzka - 8 spp.
Former genera; Alysium J.Agardh, Brachycladia Sonder, Halysium Kützing, Holonema J.E.Areschoug, Microthoe (Decaisne) Harvey, Pseudoscinaia Setchell, Spongotrichum Kützing and Zanardinia J.G.Agardh[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Parkinson, P.G. (1983). The typification and status of the name Chaetangium (Algae). Taxon 32: 605-610
- ^ P. Horaninow, Tetractys Naturae seu Systema quadrimembre omnium naturalium, quod primis lineis systematis naturae, a se editis. 62 pp. Typis K. Wienhöberianis, Petropoli [St. Petersburg].
- ^ "Galaxauraceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ John Marinus Huisman Algae of Australia (2006), p. 4, at Google Books
- ^ a b "Taxonomy Browser :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
External links[edit]
Media related to Galaxauraceae at Wikimedia Commons
