Callithamniaceae

Callithamniaceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Ceramiales.[1] The family was first described by Friedrich Traugott Kützing in 1843.[2][3]

Callithamniaceae
Callithamnion corymbosum')
Scientific classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Ceramiales
Family: Callithamniaceae
Kützing, 1843
Genera

See text

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.[3]

List of genera

According to the Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera:[1]

  • Aglaothamnion G. Feldman-Mazoyer, 1941
  • Aristoptilon M.H. Hommersand & W.A. Nelson in M.H. Hommersand et al., 2006
  • Callithamnion Lyngbye, 1819
  • Carpothamnion Kützing, 1849
  • Crouania J.Agardh, 1842
  • Crouanophycus A. Athanasiadis, 1998
  • Diapse Kylin, 1956
  • Euptilocladia Wollaston, 1968
  • Euptilota (Kützing) Kützing, 1849
  • Gattya Harvey, 1855
  • Gulsonia Harvey, 1855
  • Heteroptilon M.H. Hommersand in M.H. Hommersand, D.W. Freshwater, J. López-Bautista & S. Fredericq, 2006
  • Hirsutithallia E.M. Wollaston & H.B.S. Womersley in H.B.S. Womersley, 1998
  • Nwynea R.B. Searles in R.B. Searles & C.W. Schneider, 1989
  • Pseudospora Schiffner, 1931
  • Psilothallia F.Schmitz, 1896
  • Ptilocladia Sonder, 1845
  • Rhodocallis Kützing, 1847
  • Seirospora Harvey, 1846

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. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80.
  3. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2020). Family Callithamniaceae. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 21 July 2020.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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