Galaxaura
Red seaweed, Galaxaura rugosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Nemaliales
Family: Galaxauraceae
Genus: Galaxaura
J.V. Lamouroux, 1812

Galaxaura is a genus of thalloid red algae.

Dichotomous branches are formed; the medulla has a filamentous construction. It may be related to the fossil Gymnocodiaceae.[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species

As accepted by WoRMS and AlgaeBase;[3][4]

  • Galaxaura articulata T.Tanaka
  • Galaxaura barbata R.Chou
  • Galaxaura beckeri Schmitz ex Mazza
  • Galaxaura contigua Kjellman
  • Galaxaura dichotoma J.V.Lamouroux
  • Galaxaura divaricata (Linnaeus) Huisman & R.A.Townsend
  • Galaxaura elegans T.Tanaka
  • Galaxaura elongata J.Agardh
  • Galaxaura filamentosa R.C.Y.Chou
  • Galaxaura glabriuscula Kjellman
  • Galaxaura hawaiiana Butters
  • Galaxaura indica Huisman, G.H.Boo & S.M.Boo
  • Galaxaura infirma Kjellman
  • Galaxaura kjellmanii Weber Bosse
  • Galaxaura latifolia T.Tanaka
  • Galaxaura magna Kjellman
  • Galaxaura pacifica Tanaka
  • Galaxaura paschalis Børgesen
  • Galaxaura rugosa (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux
  • Galaxaura scinaioides Heydrich
  • Galaxaura spongiosa Kützing
  • Galaxaura striata Kjellman
  • Galaxaura tissotii Weber Bosse
  • Galaxaura yamadae Itono

There are plenty of former Galaxaura species that are now synonyms of other genera.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Cózar, P. (2003). "Neoprincipia nov. gen., a new Mississippian red alga, and remarks on the Archaeolithophyllaceae (Rhodophyta)". Geobios. 36 (5): 505–517. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(03)00060-3.
  2. ↑ "Galaxaura J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1812". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Galaxaura". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  4. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Galaxaura J.V.Lamouroux, 1812". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 9 December 2022.


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