Callithamniaceae


Callithamniaceae is a family of red algae in the order Ceramiales. The family was first described by Friedrich Traugott Kützing in 1843.

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 :
  • Tribe Callithamnieae
  • *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
  • *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
  • *Euptilota Kützing, 1849 - 5 spp.
  • *Sciurothamnion De Clerck & Kraft, 2002 1 sp.
  • *Seirospora Harvey, 1846 - 9 spp.
  • Tribe Gymnothamnieae
  • *Gymnothamnion J.Agardh, 1892 - 3 spp.
  • Tribe Perithamnieae
  • *Perithamnion J.Agardh, 1892 - 2 spp.
  • *Scageliopsis E.M.Wollaston, 1981 - 3 spp.
  • Tribe Rhodocallideae
  • *Psilothallia F.Schmitz, 1896 - 2 spp.
  • *Rhodocallis Kützing, 1847 - 1 sp.
  • Tribe Spyridieae
  • *Spyridia Harvey, 1833 - 17 spp.