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Rhodophyta RED ALGAE; CYANIDIOPHYTA Life   Plantae   Archaeplastida

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Acrochaetiaceae Acrosymphytaceae Acrotylaceae Ahnfeltiaceae Areschougiaceae Balbianiaceae Balliaceae Bangiaceae Batrachospermaceae Blinksiaceae Boldiaceae Bonnemaisoniaceae Calosiphonaceae Calosiphoniaceae Catenellopsidaceae Caulacanthaceae Ceramiaceae Chaetangiaceae Champiaceae Chondriellaceae Choreocolacaceae Colaconemataceae Compsopogonaceae Corynocystaceae Corynomorphaceae Crossocarpaceae Cruoriaceae Cryptonemiaceae Cubiculosporaceae Cyanidiaceae Cystocloniaceae Dasyaceae Delesseriaceae Dermatonemataceae Dicranemaceae Dicranemataceae Dumontiaceae Endocladiaceae Erythropeltidaceae Erythrotrichiaceae Faucheaceae Furcellariaceae Gainiaceae Galaxauraceae Gelidiaceae Gelidiellaceae Gigartinaceae Gloiosiphoniaceae Goniotrichaceae Gracilariaceae Gymnophlaeceae Haemeschariaceae Halymeniaceae Helminthocladiaceae Hildenbrandiaceae Hypneaceae Kallymeniaceae Lemaneaceae Liagoraceae Lomentariaceae Mychodeaceae Mychodeophyllaceae Naccariaceae Nemaliaceae Nemastomataceae Nizymeniaceae Palmariaceae Petrocelidaceae Peyssonneliaceae Phacelocarpaceae Phragmonemataceae Phyllophoraceae Pihiellaceae Plocamiaceae Polyidaceae Polyideaceae Porphyridiaceae Pseudoanemoniaceae Psilosiphonaceae Pterocladiophilaceae Rhabdoniaceae Rhizophyllidaceae Rhodochaetaceae Rhodogorgonaceae Rhodomelaceae Rhodophyllidaceae Rhodophysemataceae Rhodothamniellaceae Rhodymeniaceae Rissoellaceae Sarcodiaceae Sarcomeniaceae Schizymeniaceae Scinaiaceae Sebdeniaceae Solenoporaceae Solieriaceae Sphaerococcaceae Sporolithaceae Stylonemataceae Thoreaceae Tichocarpaceae Weeksiaceae Wurdemanniaceae

Overview Mostly multicellular, marine algae characterized by the presence of phycoerythrin in their chloroplasts.

Phylogeny

• Tree of Life

• Introduction to the Rhodophyta, University of California Museum of Paleontology
Rhodophyta, Palaeos.com

I thank John Pickering for his assistance with the development of this page.