Galaxaura
{{Short description|Genus of algae}}
{{About|genus of red algae|Oceanid|Galaxaura (mythology)|a greek mythology figure|Galaxaura (mythology)}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Galaxaura
| image = Red seaweed, Galaxaura rugosa, Daedalus Reef, Red Sea, Egypt.jpeg
| image_caption = Red seaweed, Galaxaura rugosa
| authority = J.V. Lamouroux, 1812
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Galaxaura is a genus of thalloid red algae.
Dichotomous branches are formed; the medulla has a filamentous construction. It may be related to the fossil Gymnocodiaceae.{{Cite journal | last1 = Cózar | first1 = P. | title = Neoprincipia nov. gen., a new Mississippian red alga, and remarks on the Archaeolithophyllaceae (Rhodophyta)| journal = Geobios | volume = 36 | issue = 5 | pages = 505–517| year = 2003 | doi = 10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00060-3}}
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.{{cite web |title=Galaxaura J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1812|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2658493 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=9 December 2022 |language=en}}
Species
As accepted by WoRMS and AlgaeBase;{{cite web|last=Guiry|first=M.D.|last2=Guiry|first2=G.M.|year=2008|title=Galaxaura|work=AlgaeBase|publisher=World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway|url=http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=34150|access-date= 2009-04-18}}{{cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Galaxaura J.V.Lamouroux, 1812 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144203 |website=www.marinespecies.org |access-date=9 December 2022}}
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- Galaxaura articulata {{Au|T.Tanaka}}
- Galaxaura barbata {{Au|R.Chou}}
- Galaxaura beckeri {{Au|Schmitz ex Mazza}}
- Galaxaura contigua {{Au|Kjellman}}
- Galaxaura dichotoma {{Au|J.V.Lamouroux}}
- Galaxaura divaricata {{Au|(Linnaeus) Huisman & R.A.Townsend}}
- Galaxaura elegans {{Au|T.Tanaka}}
- Galaxaura elongata {{Au|J.Agardh}}
- Galaxaura filamentosa {{Au|R.C.Y.Chou}}
- Galaxaura glabriuscula {{Au|Kjellman}}
- Galaxaura hawaiiana {{Au|Butters}}
- Galaxaura indica {{Au|Huisman, G.H.Boo & S.M.Boo}}
- Galaxaura infirma {{Au|Kjellman}}
- Galaxaura kjellmanii {{Au|Weber Bosse}}
- Galaxaura latifolia {{Au|T.Tanaka}}
- Galaxaura magna {{Au|Kjellman}}
- Galaxaura pacifica {{Au|Tanaka}}
- Galaxaura paschalis {{Au|Børgesen}}
- Galaxaura rugosa {{Au|(J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux}}
- Galaxaura scinaioides {{Au|Heydrich}}
- Galaxaura spongiosa {{Au|Kützing}}
- Galaxaura striata {{Au|Kjellman}}
- Galaxaura tissotii {{Au|Weber Bosse}}
- Galaxaura yamadae {{Au|Itono}}
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There are plenty of former Galaxaura species that are now synonyms of other genera.
References
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External links
- [http://www.algaebase.org/search/pictures/?currentMethod=imgs&fromSearch=yes&displayCount=20&query=Galaxaura Images] of Galaxaura at Algaebase
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Category:Plants described in 1812
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