Subfamily Melobesieae Foslie 1902 (red algae)
Florideophyceae - Corallinophycidae
Parent taxon: Corallinaceae according to J.H. Johnson 1945
Sister taxa: Amphiroideae, Aquirrea, Bicorium, Chamberlainoideae, Corallinoideae, Dermatolithon, Goniolithon, Kymalithon, Leptolithophyllum, Lysvaella, Mesolithon, Metagoniolithoideae, Neodasyporella, Neogoniolithoideae, Palaeophyllum, Palaeoporolithon, Palaeothamnium, Paleophyllum, Parakymalithon, Paralithoporella, Paraphyllum, Paraporolithon, Paulsilvella, Pomatophyllum, Siamporidium, Subterraniphyllum
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Melobesieae in the database