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 Callithamniaceae family have filamentous fronds with branches arranged 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: