Dumontiaceae

Family of algae

Dumontiaceae
Dilsea carnosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Dumontiaceae
Bory de Saint-Vincent
Genera

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Dumontiaceae is a red alga family in the order Gigartinales.

Species in the British Isles, includes Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht.[1]

Genera

According to WoRMS;[2]

  • Andersoniella F.Schmitz
  • Constantinea Postels & Ruprecht, 1840
  • Cryptosiphonia J.Agardh, 1876
  • Dasyphloea Montagne, 1842
  • Dilsea Stackhouse, 1809
  • Dudresnaya P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1835
  • Dumontia J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
  • Farlowia J.Agardh, 1876
  • Gibsmithia Doty, 1963
  • Hyalosiphonia Okamura, 1909
  • Kraftia Shepley & Womersley, 1983
  • Leptocladia J.Agardh, 1892
  • Masudaphycus S.C.Lindstrom, 1988
  • Neodilsea Tokida, 1943
  • Orculifilum Lindstrom, 1987
  • Pikea Harvey, 1853
  • Rhodopeltis Harvey, 1863
  • Thuretellopsis Kylin, 1925
  • Waernia R.T.Wilce, Maggs & Sears, 2003
  • Weeksia Setchell, 1901

Also;

  • Former genus Borrichius S.F.Gray, 1821 now accepted as synonym of Dudresnaya
  • Former genus Litharthron Weber-van Bosse, 1904, now accepted as synonym of Rhodopeltis

References

  1. ^ Irvine, L.M..1983. Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1 Rhodophyta. Part 2A. British Museum. ISBN 0 565 00871 4
  2. ^ "WoRMS - Dumontiaceae Bory, 1828". www.marinespecies.org. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

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