Solieriaceae

Eucheuma, commonly known as sea moss or gusô (), is a rhodophyte seaweed that may vary in color (purple, brown, and green). Eucheuma species are used in the production of carrageenan, an ingredient for cosmetics, food processing, and industrial manufacturing, as well as a food source for people in the Philippines, Caribbean and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia. Eucheuma cottonii – which grows in the Caribbean and cultivated in the Philippines – is the particular species known as gusô. Other species include Betaphycus gelatinae, Eucheuma denticulatum, and several species of the genus Kappaphycus

Solieriaceae is a family of red algae in the order Gigartinales.

Kappaphycus is a genus of red algae. Species are distributed in the waters of East Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, China (Hainan Island), the Philippines, and Micronesia.

species of red algae

Meristotheca is a widely distributed genus of red algae some of whose species are eaten as edible seaweed. In particular, the type species, M. papulosa is a popular vegetable in Taiwan and Japan.