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 Edit this 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] and AlgaeBase (amount of species per genus)[4]

  • Tribe Callithamnieae 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 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 M.Kajimura (3)
  • Tribe Perithamnieae Athanasiadis (5)
    • Perithamnion J.Agardh, 1892 - 2 spp.
    • Scageliopsis E.M.Wollaston, 1981 - 3 spp.
  • Tribe Rhodocallideae M.H.Hommersand, S.M.Wilson, & G.T.Kraft (3)
    • Psilothallia F.Schmitz, 1896 - 2 spp.
    • Rhodocallis Kützing, 1847 - 1 sp.
  • Tribe Spyridieae F.Schmitz & Hauptfleisch (17)
    • Spyridia Harvey, 1833 - 17 spp.

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. Retrieved 21 July 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "Taxonomy Browser :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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