Galaxauraceae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Rhodophyta
- Class
- Florideophyceae
- Order
- Nemaliales
- Family
- Galaxauraceae
- Genus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Galaxauraceae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Galaxauraceae
Galaxauraceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Nemaliales.
The type genus is Galaxaura.
The name Galaxauraceae was first published by Russian botanist Paulus Horaninow (1796-1865) in 1843.
The family has cosmopolitan distribution.
Calcification (while, chalky outer layer) appears in all members of the Galaxauraceae family.
...Galaxauraceae in languages:
- Chinese
- 乳節藻科
- Japanese
- ガラガラ科
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