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Family of algae

Callithamniaceae
Callithamnion corymbosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Callithamniaceae
Kützing, 1843
Genera

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Callithamniaceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Ceramiales. The family was first described by Friedrich Traugott Kützing in 1843.

Description

Algae in the family Callithamniaceae have filamentous fronds with branches arranged in two rows on opposite sides of a stem and in the same plane, or radially or in whorls. In the female gametophytes, the procarps are four-celled and there are no sterile cells.

List of genera

According to the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera, and AlgaeBase (amount of species per genus):

References

  1. ^ "Callithamniaceae Kützing, 1843". IRMNG. 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. Kützing, F.T. (1843). Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus. pp. : -xxxii, -142, 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80.
  3. ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Callithamniaceae". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.

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Taxon identifiers
Callithamniaceae
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