Palmariales

Palmariales is an order of marine algae. It includes the edible seaweed dulse (Palmaria palmata).

Palmariales
Halosaccion yendoi on exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
Scientific classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Subclass: Nemaliophycidae
Order: Palmariales
Guiry & D.E.G. Irvine[1]
Families[2]
  • Meiodiscaceae S.L.Clayden & G.W.Saunders, 2010
  • Palmariaceae Guiry, 1974
  • Rhodophysemataceae G.W. Saunders & J.L. McLachlan, 1990
  • Rhodothamniellaceae G. W. Saunders

References
  1. Guiry, M.D. (1978). The importance of sporangia in the classification of the Florideophyceae. In: Modern Approaches to the Taxonomy of Red and Brown Algae. (Irvine, D.E.G. & Price, J.H. Eds) Vol.10, pp. 111-144. London: Academic Press.
  2. Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2019). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Palmariales. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=878 on 2019-01-23
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