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Galaxauraceae

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Galaxauraceae
Galaxaura rugosa
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Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Nemaliales
Family: Galaxauraceae
P.G.Parkinson, 1983[1]
Genera

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Galaxauraceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Nemaliales.

The type genus is Galaxaura.

The name Galaxauraceae was first published by Russian botanist Paulus Horaninow (1796-1865) in 1843.[2]

The family has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]

Calcification (while, chalky outer layer) appears in all members of the Galaxauraceae family.[4]

List of genera

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According to the AlgaeBase (amount of species per genus);[5]

Former genera; Alysium J.Agardh, Brachycladia Sonder, Halysium Kützing, Holonema J.E.Areschoug, Microthoe (Decaisne) Harvey, Pseudoscinaia Setchell, Spongotrichum Kützing and Zanardinia J.G.Agardh[5]

References

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  1. ^ Parkinson, P.G. (1983). The typification and status of the name Chaetangium (Algae). Taxon 32: 605-610
  2. ^ P. Horaninow, Tetractys Naturae seu Systema quadrimembre omnium naturalium, quod primis lineis systematis naturae, a se editis. 62 pp. Typis K. Wienhöberianis, Petropoli [St. Petersburg].
  3. ^ "Galaxauraceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. ^ John Marinus Huisman Algae of Australia (2006), p. 4, at Google Books
  5. ^ a b "Taxonomy Browser :: AlgaeBase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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