Callithamniaceae
{{Short description|Family of algae}}
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| authority = Kützing, 1843
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Callithamniaceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Ceramiales.{{Cite web|website=IRMNG |date=2018|title= Callithamniaceae Kützing, 1843|url= http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121581 |accessdate= 2020-07-21}} The family was first described by Friedrich Traugott Kützing in 1843.{{cite book|author=Kützing, F.T. |date=1843|title= Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser|pages=[part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143-458, 1, err.], pls 1-80|location=Leipzig|publisher= F.A. Brockhaus}}{{AlgaeBase taxon|name=Callithamniaceae|id=164210}}
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):
- Tribe Callithamnieae {{Au|J.Agardh}}
- Aglaothamnion G. Feldman-Mazoyer, 1941 - 30 spp.
- Aristoptilon M.H. Hommersand & W.A. Nelson in M.H. Hommersand et al., 2006 - 1 sp.
- Aristothamnion J.Agardh, 1892 - 2 spp.
- Callithamnion Lyngbye, 1819 - 74 spp.
- Carpothamnion Kützing, 1849 - 1 sp.
- Diapse Kylin, 1956 - 1 sp.
- Falklandiella Kylin, 1956 - 1 sp.
- Gaillona Bonnemaison, 1828 - 4 spp.
- Georgiella Kylin, 1956 - 1 sp.
- Heteroptilon M.H. Hommersand in M.H. Hommersand, D.W. Freshwater, J. López-Bautista & S. Fredericq, 2006 - 2 spp.
- Hirsutithallia E.M. Wollaston & H.B.S. Womersley in H.B.S. Womersley, 1998 - 6 spp.
- Nwynea R.B. Searles in R.B. Searles & C.W. Schneider, 1989 - 1 sp.
- Pseudospora Schiffner, 1931 - 1 sp.
- Tribe Crouanieae {{Au|F.Schmitz & Hauptfleisch}} (39)
- Crouania J.Agardh, 1842 - 19 spp.
- Crouanophycus A. Athanasiadis, 1998 - 2 spp.
- Euptilocladia Wollaston, 1968 - 3 spp.
- Gattya Harvey, 1855 - 2 spp.
- Gulsonia Harvey, 1855 - 3 spp.
- Ptilocladia Sonder, 1845 - 10 spp.
- Tribe Euptiloteae (15)
- Euptilota (Kützing) Kützing, 1849 - 5 spp.
- Sciurothamnion De Clerck & Kraft, 2002 1 sp.
- Seirospora Harvey, 1846 - 9 spp.
- Tribe Gymnothamnieae {{Au|M.Kajimura}} (3)
- Gymnothamnion J.Agardh, 1892 - 3 spp.
- Tribe Perithamnieae {{Au|Athanasiadis}} (5)
- Perithamnion J.Agardh, 1892 - 2 spp.
- Scageliopsis E.M.Wollaston, 1981 - 3 spp.
- Tribe Rhodocallideae {{Au|M.H.Hommersand, S.M.Wilson, & G.T.Kraft}} (3)
- Psilothallia F.Schmitz, 1896 - 2 spp.
- Rhodocallis Kützing, 1847 - 1 sp.
- Tribe Spyridieae {{Au|F.Schmitz & Hauptfleisch}} (17)
- Spyridia Harvey, 1833 - 17 spp.
References
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