# Callithamniaceae

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**Callithamniaceae** is a family of red algae ([Rhodophyta](/source/Rhodophyta)) in the order [Ceramiales](/source/Ceramiales).[1] The family was first described by [Friedrich Traugott Kützing](/source/Friedrich_Traugott_K%C3%BCtzing) in 1843.[2][3]

## Description

Algae in the family Callithamniaceae have filamentous fronds with branches arranged in two rows on opposite sides of a stem and in the same plane, or radially or in whorls. In the female [gametophytes](/source/Gametophyte), the procarps are four-celled and there are no sterile cells.[3]

## List of genera

According to the [Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera](/source/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera),[1] and [AlgaeBase](/source/AlgaeBase) (amount of species per genus):[3]

- Tribe Callithamnieae - *[Aglaothamnion](/source/Aglaothamnion)* G. Feldman-Mazoyer, 1941 - 30 spp. - *[Aristoptilon](/source/Aristoptilon)* M.H. Hommersand & W.A. Nelson in M.H. Hommersand et al., 2006 - 1 sp. - *[Aristothamnion](/source/Aristothamnion)* J.Agardh, 1892 - 2 spp. - *[Callithamnion](/source/Callithamnion)* Lyngbye, 1819 - 74 spp. - *[Carpothamnion](/source/Carpothamnion)* Kützing, 1849 - 1 sp. - *[Diapse](/source/Diapse)* Kylin, 1956 - 1 sp. - *[Falklandiella](/source/Falklandiella)* Kylin, 1956 - 1 sp. - *[Gaillona](/source/Gaillona)* Bonnemaison, 1828 - 4 spp. - *[Georgiella](/source/Georgiella)* Kylin, 1956 - 1 sp. - *[Heteroptilon](/source/Heteroptilon)* M.H. Hommersand in M.H. Hommersand, D.W. Freshwater, J. López-Bautista & S. Fredericq, 2006 - 2 spp. - *[Hirsutithallia](/source/Hirsutithallia)* E.M. Wollaston & H.B.S. Womersley in H.B.S. Womersley, 1998 - 6 spp. - *[Nwynea](/source/Nwynea)* R.B. Searles in R.B. Searles & C.W. Schneider, 1989 - 1 sp. - *[Pseudospora](/source/Pseudospora)* Schiffner, 1931 - 1 sp.
- Tribe Crouanieae (39) - *[Crouania](/source/Crouania)* J.Agardh, 1842 - 19 spp. - *[Crouanophycus](/source/Crouanophycus)* A. Athanasiadis, 1998 - 2 spp. - *[Euptilocladia](/source/Euptilocladia)* Wollaston, 1968 - 3 spp. - *[Gattya](/source/Gattya)* Harvey, 1855 - 2 spp. - *[Gulsonia](/source/Gulsonia)* Harvey, 1855 - 3 spp. - *[Ptilocladia](/source/Ptilocladia)* Sonder, 1845 - 10 spp.
- Tribe Euptiloteae (15) - *[Euptilota](/source/Euptilota)* (Kützing) Kützing, 1849 - 5 spp. - *[Sciurothamnion](/source/Sciurothamnion)* De Clerck & Kraft, 2002 1 sp. - *[Seirospora](/source/Seirospora)* Harvey, 1846 - 9 spp.
- Tribe Gymnothamnieae (3) - *[Gymnothamnion](/source/Gymnothamnion)* J.Agardh, 1892 - 3 spp.
- Tribe Perithamnieae (5) - *[Perithamnion](/source/Perithamnion)* J.Agardh, 1892 - 2 spp. - *[Scageliopsis](/source/Scageliopsis)* E.M.Wollaston, 1981 - 3 spp.
- Tribe Rhodocallideae (3) - *[Psilothallia](/source/Psilothallia)* F.Schmitz, 1896 - 2 spp. - *[Rhodocallis](/source/Rhodocallis)* Kützing, 1847 - 1 sp.
- Tribe Spyridieae (17) - *[Spyridia](/source/Spyridia)* Harvey, 1833 - 17 spp.

## References

1. ["Callithamniaceae Kützing, 1843"](http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=121581). *IRMNG*. 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-21.

1. Kützing, F.T. (1843). *Phycologia generalis oder Anatomie, Physiologie und Systemkunde der Tange. Mit 80 farbig gedruckten Tafeln, gezeichnet und gravirt vom Verfasser*. Leipzig: F.A. Brockhaus. pp. [part 1]: [i]-xxxii, [1]-142, [part 2:] 143–458, 1, err.], pls 1–80.

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