Rhodomelaceae

Polysiphonia, known as red hair algae, is a genus of filamentous red algae with about 19 species on the coasts of the British Isles and about 200 species worldwide, including Crete in Greece, Antarctica and Greenland. Its members are known by a number of common names. It is in the order Ceramiales and family Rhodomelaceae.

Rhodomelaceae is estimated to be the largest red algae family, with about 125 genera and over 700 species.

Laurencia is a genus of red algae that grows in temperate and tropical shore areas, in littoral to sublittoral habitats, at depths up to .

species of alga

genus of algae

Acanthophora is also a synonym for Aralia. For the section of Solanum, see Solanum sect. Acanthophora.

genus of algae

genus of algae

species of alga

Adamsiella is a genus of red alga closely related to the genus Lenormandia. The holotype species for the genus is Adamsiella melchiori L.E. Phillips & W.A. Nelson.