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Hapalidiaceae

Hapalidiaceae is a family of red alga belonging to the order Corallinales.

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Hapalidiaceae
Mesophyllum expansum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Corallinales
Family: Hapalidiaceae
J.E. Gray

Hapalidiaceae is a family of red alga belonging to the order Corallinales.12345

Subtaxa

  • Genus Aethesolithon J.H.Johnson, 1964
  • Genus Callilithophytum P.W.Gabrielson, W.H.Adey, G.P.Johnson & Hernández-Kantún, 2015
  • Genus Nullipora J.B.de Lamarck, 1801, nom. rejic. (currently regarded as a synonym of Phymatolithon)6
  • Genus Tectolithon Bahia, Jesionek & Amado-Filho, 20207
Genera: Austrolithon, Boreolithon, Epulo.
Genera: Choreonema.
Genera: Crustaphytum, Epilithon, Exilicrusta, Mastophoropsis, Melobesia, Neopolyporolithon, Sphaeranthera, Synarthrophyton.8
Bibliography

Bibliography

  • Gray, J.E. (1864). Handbook of British Water-Weeds or Algae.. pp. i-iv, 1–123. London: R. Hardwicke.
  • Harvey, A.S., Broadwater, S.T., Woelkerling, W.J. & Mitrovski, P.J. (2003). Choreonema (Corallinales, Rhodophyta): 18S rDNA phylogeny and resurrection of the Hapalidiaceae for the subfamilies Choreonematoideae, Austrolithoideae and Melobesioideae. Journal of Phycology 39: 988–998.
  • Yoon, H.S., Muller, K.M., Sheath, R.G., Ott, F.D. & Bhattacharya, D. (2006). Defining the major lineages of red algae (Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 42: 482–492.
  • Guiry, M.D. (2009). Hapalidiaceae. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2009). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
  • Adele S. Harvey, Wm J. Woelkerling and Alan J. K. Millar An account of the Hapalidiaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in south-eastern Australia
References

References

  1. Algaebase
  2. WoRMS
  3. NCBI
  4. Encyclopedia of Life
  5. Biolib
  6. AlgaeBase, Nullipora Retrieved on 30 September 2020.
  7. AlgaeBase, Tectolithon Retrieved on 30 September 2020.
  8. AlgaeBase, Melobesioideae Retrieved on 30 September 2020.