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Red algae characters
Calcification
Calcified thallus crustose, knobbed or branched.
Thallus not calcified
Thallus calcified with flexible non-calcified joints
Habit
Erect or decumbent corticated forms. Branched or thick membranes.
Filamentous
Foliose, thin, membranous and sheet-like forms
Soft and Gelatinous
Calcified crust, knobbed or branched
Jointed calcareous
Life cycle
Bi-phasic life cycle
Tri-phasic life cycle
Habitat
Freshwater
Marine
Main axis
Multiaxial
Uniaxial
Pit plug
Present
Absent
Rhodophyta (red algae)
Species Count: 314
Acrosymphytaceae
Acrosymphyton
Areschougiaceae
Kappaphycus alvarezii
Meristiella
Bonnemaisoniaceae
Asparagopsis
Asparagopsis armata
Asparagopsis taxiformis
Callithamniaceae
Aglaothamnion flexibile
Aglaothamnion herveyi
Callithamnion
Callithamnion marshallense
Crouania attenuata
Caulacanthaceae
Catenella caespitosa
Catenella impudica
Ceramiaceae
Acrothamnion butlerae
Antithamnion
Antithamnion antillanum
Centroceras
Centroceras clavulatum
Centroceras gasparrinii
Centroceras micracanthum
Centroceras minutum
Ceramium
Ceramium cimbricum
Ceramium diaphanum
Ceramium nitens
Gayliella flaccida
Gayliella mazoyerae
Gayliella taylorii
Haloplegma duperreyi
Haloplegma mexicanum
Champiaceae
Champia
Coelothrix irregularis
Compsopogonaceae
Compsopogon
Corallinaceae
Haliptilon
Jania
Jania adhaerens
Jania arborescens
Jania capillacea
Jania cubensis
Jania pumila
Jania subulata
Jania tenella
Corynomorphaceae
Corynomorpha clavata
Cystocloniaceae
Hypnea
Hypnea aspera
Hypnea cornuta
Hypnea flava
Hypnea musciformis
Hypnea nidulans
Hypnea pannosa
Hypnea spinella
Dasyaceae
Dasya
Dasya rigidula
Dictyurus occidentalis
Eupogodon
Heterosiphonia crispella
Heterosiphonia gibbesii
Delesseriaceae
Augophyllum wysorii
Caloglossa apomeiotica
Caloglossa beccarii
Caloglossa fluviatilis
Caloglossa leprieurii
Caloglossa rotundata
Caloglossa ruetzleri
Caloglossa stipitata
Grinnellia lanceolata
Hypoglossum attenuatum
Martensia pavonia
Taenioma perpusillum
Faucheaceae
Fauchea
Galaxauraceae
Dichotomaria marginata
Dichotomaria obtusata
Galaxaura comans
Galaxaura filamentosa
Galaxaura ramulosa
Galaxaura rugosa
Tricleocarpa cylindrica
Tricleocarpa fragilis
Gelidiaceae
Gelidium
Gelidium corneum
Gelidium crinale
Gelidium floridanum
Gelidium lineare
Gelidium microdentatum
Gelidium microdonticum
Gelidium pusillum
Gelidium sclerophyllum
Gelidium spinosum
Pterocladia
Pterocladiella beachiae
Pterocladiella caerulescens
Gelidiellaceae
Gelidiella acerosa
Gelidiella hancockii
Parviphycus trinitatensis
Gigartinaceae
Chondracanthus elegans
Gracilariaceae
Gracilaria
Gracilaria apiculata
Gracilaria armata
Gracilaria blodgettii
Gracilaria brevis
Gracilaria bursa-pastoris
Gracilaria cervicornis
Gracilaria cuneata
Gracilaria curtissiae
Gracilaria cylindrica
Gracilaria damaecornis
Gracilaria damicornis
Gracilaria domingensis
Gracilaria flabelliformis
Gracilaria foliifera
Gracilaria galetensis
Gracilaria hayi
Gracilaria intermedia
Gracilaria isabellana
Gracilaria mammillaris
Gracilaria occidentalis
Gracilaria ornata
Gracilaria smithsoniensis
Gracilariopsis andersonii
Gracilariopsis hommersandii
Gracilariopsis longissima
Gracilariopsis panamensis
Gracilariopsis tenuifrons
Hydropuntia caudata
Hydropuntia crassissima
Halymeniaceae
Cryptonemia bengryi
Cryptonemia crenulata
Cryptonemia seminervis
Grateloupia filicina
Grateloupia gibbesii
Grateloupia irregularis
Halymenia
Halymenia abyssicola
Halymenia actinophysa
Halymenia duchassaingii
Halymenia floresii
Halymenia floridana
Halymenia hancockii
Halymenia porphyroides
Halymenia refugiensis
Neorubra
Hapalidiaceae
Melobesia membranacea
Hemiuridae
Hemiurus appendiculatus
Hildenbrandiaceae
Hildenbrandia rubra
Hydrolithaceae
Fosliella fertilis
Fosliella minuta
Hydrolithon boergesenii
Hydrolithon farinosum
Kallymeniaceae
Callophyllis variegata
Kallymenia perforata
Pugetia latiloba
Lemaneaceae
Lemanea
Liagoraceae
Ganonema farinosum
Hommersandiophycus borowitzkae
Liagora ceranoides
Liagora nesophila
Neoizziella asiatica
Titanophycus validus
Lithophyllaceae
Amphiroa
Amphiroa annulata
Amphiroa beauvoisii
Amphiroa brasiliana
Amphiroa crosslandii
Amphiroa dimorpha
Amphiroa foliacea
Amphiroa fragilissima
Amphiroa franciscana
Amphiroa hancockii
Amphiroa magdalenensis
Amphiroa misakiensis
Amphiroa rigida
Amphiroa subcylindrica
Amphiroa tribulus
Amphiroa valonioides
Goniolithon decutescens
Lithophyllum alternans
Lithophyllum brachiatum
Lithophyllum coibense
Lithophyllum divaricatum
Lithophyllum fetum
Lithophyllum imitans
Lithophyllum kotchianum
Lithophyllum lividum
Lithophyllum neocongestum
Lithophyllum pallescens
Lithophyllum prototypum
Titanoderma pustulatum
Lithothamniaceae
Lithothamnion australe
Lithothamnion crispatum
Lithothamnion indicum
Phymatolithon lenormandii
Lomentariaceae
Ceratodictyon intricatum
Ceratodictyon planicaule
Ceratodictyon repens
Ceratodictyon scoparium
Ceratodictyon variabile
Mesophyllaceae
Clathromorphum
Mesophyllum engelhartii
Mesophyllum mesomorphum
Nemastomataceae
Predaea feldmannii
Predaea laciniosa
Peyssonneliaceae
Cruoriella fissurata
Peyssonnelia boergesenii
Peyssonnelia dubyi
Peyssonnelia inamoena
Peyssonnelia rubra
Peyssonnelia simulans
Ramicrusta calcea
Phyllophoraceae
Ahnfeltiopsis pygmaea
Gymnogongrus tenuis
Plocamiaceae
Plocamium violaceum
Porolithaceae
Harveylithon munitum
Porolithon onkodes
Porolithon sonorense
Rhizophyllidaceae
Contarinia magdae
Ochtodes secundiramea
Rhodogorgonaceae
Rhodogorgon ramosissima
Rhodomelaceae
Acanthophora muscoides
Acanthophora spicifera
Amansia multifida
Bostrychia binderi
Bostrychia calliptera
Bostrychia leptoclada
Bostrychia montagnei
Bostrychia moritziana
Bostrychia pectinata
Bostrychia pilulifera
Bostrychia radicans
Bostrychia tenella
Bryothamnion seaforthii
Bryothamnion triquetrum
Chondria acrorhizophora
Chondria baileyana
Chondria capillaris
Chondria dangeardii
Chondria littoralis
Chondria platyclada
Chondrophycus
Digenea simplex
Herposiphonia secunda
Herposiphonia tenella
Janczewskia
Laurencia brongniartii
Laurencia caraibica
Laurencia intricata
Laurencia microcladia
Laurencia obtusa
Laurencia subdisticha
Lophocladia
Lophosiphonia
Murrayella periclados
Neosiphonia ferulacea
Neosiphonia sertularioides
Neosiphonia tongatensis
Osmundea sinicola
Osmundea splendens
Palisada corallopsis
Palisada perforata
Polysiphonia bifurcata
Polysiphonia binneyi
Polysiphonia havanensis
Polysiphonia homoia
Polysiphonia howei
Polysiphonia lobophoralis
Polysiphonia macrocarpa
Polysiphonia nuda
Polysiphonia pentamera
Polysiphonia pseudovillum
Polysiphonia schneideri
Polysiphonia scopulorum
Polysiphonia sertularioides
Polysiphonia subtilissima
Wilsonosiphonia howei
Wrightiella
Yuzurua poiteaui
Rhodymeniaceae
Asteromenia peltata
Botryocladia caraibica
Botryocladia monoica
Botryocladia occidentalis
Botryocladia pyriformis
Botryocladia shanksii
Chrysymenia enteromorpha
Chrysymenia planifrons
Chrysymenia ventricosa
Coelarthrum cliftonii
Cryptarachne
Schizymeniaceae
Platoma fanii
Scinaiaceae
Scinaia complanata
Scinaia johnstoniae
Sebdeniaceae
Sebdenia flabellata
Sebdenia rubra
Solieriaceae
Agardhiella floridana
Agardhiella subulata
Eucheuma
Meristotheca gelidium
Solieria filiformis
Spongitaceae
Neogoniolithon spectabile
Neogoniolithon strictum
Neogoniolithon trichotomum
Spongites decipiens
Spongites fruticulosa
Sporolithaceae
Sporolithon episporum
Sporolithon howei
Spyridiaceae
Spyridia clavata
Spyridia filamentosa
Spyridia hypnoides
Stylonemataceae
Stylonema alsidii
Wrangeliaceae
Anotrichium tenue
Griffithsia
Lejolisia colombiana
Wrangelia argus
Wrangelia bicuspidata
Wrangelia dumontii
Wurdemannia miniata