Gelidiellaceae
The Gelidiellaceae is a small family of red algae containing 5 genera of agarophytes.
Members of the family Gelidiellaceace are noted by the lack of hyphae and the lack of sexual reproduction. They have 2 kinds of tetrasporangial sori.
Gelidiella acerosa is found worldwide, from Europe, North America, Central America and South America, the Atlantic Islands, Africa, Indian Ocean islands, South west Asia, Asia, South-east Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands.
Taxonomy
It was originally formed in 1961, to hold Gelidiella and, as it lacked a medullary hyphae and lack of sexual phase in life. More species of Gelidiella from France and the British Isles were added. In 1987, Maggs and Guiry thought that the family should be merged with Gelidiaceae, but this was mostly ignored by later authors. Then Parviphycus was added in 2004, but then in 2016, three more genera were added Huismaniella, Millerella and Perronella.Genera
As accepted by GBIF;- Gelidiella Feldmann & G.Hamel, 1934
- Huismaniella G.H.Boo & S.M.Boo, 2016
- Millerella G.H.Boo & S.M.Boo, 2016
- Parviphycus Santelices, 2004
- Perronella G.H.Boo, T.V.Nguyen, J.Y.Kim & S.M.Boo, 2016