Dumontiaceae

Dumontiaceae
Dilsea carnosa
Scientific classification
Clade:	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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