# Porphyridiaceae

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**Porphyridiophyceae** is a class of [red algae](/source/Red_algae).[1]

This class includes a single [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) order, **Porphyridiales**,[2][3] with a single family, **Porphyridiaceae**.[4]

## Species

Porphyridiophyceae contains three genera and six recognized species as of 2024.[5]

- Porphyridiophyceae - Porphyridiales - Porphyridiaceae - *[Erythrolobus](/source/Erythrolobus)* - *[Erythrolobus australicus](/source/Erythrolobus_australicus)* - *[Erythrolobus coxiae](/source/Erythrolobus_coxiae)* - *[Erythrolobus madagascarensis](/source/Erythrolobus_madagascarensis)* - *[Porphyridium](/source/Porphyridium)* - *[Porphyridium purpureum](/source/Porphyridium_purpureum)* - *[Porphyridium sordidum](/source/Porphyridium_sordidum)* - *[Timspurckia](/source/Timspurckia)* - *[Timspurckia oligopyrenoides](/source/Timspurckia_oligopyrenoides)*

## References

1. Joseph Seckbach & David J. Chapman (30 August 2010). [*Red Algae in the Genomic Age*](https://books.google.com/books?id=fegCa9G-c90C&pg=PA252). Springer. pp. 252–. ISBN 978-90-481-3794-7. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

1. D. M. John; Brian A. Whitton; Alan J. Brook (eds.) (2002). [*The freshwater algal flora of the British Isles: an identification guide to freshwater and terrestrial algae*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Sc4897dfM_MC&pg=PA126). Cambridge University Press. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-0-521-77051-4. Retrieved 31 January 2011.

1. "Porphyridiophyceae". 2025. 493832. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

1. "Porphyridiales". 2025. 15324. Retrieved 26 November 2025.

1. Michael D. Guiry (2024). "Porphyridiophyceae". 493832. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

## External links

- [http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/algae_tree/PorphyridiophyceaeE.html](http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/algae_tree/PorphyridiophyceaeE.html)

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