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Rhodophyta (red algae)
Taxonomy
Rhodophyta was named by Wettstein (1922). It is extant.
It was assigned to Protoctista by Margulis (1996); to Biliphyta by Kiessling (2003); to Rhodoplantae by Schneider and Wynne (2007); and to Eukaryota by Taylor et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Protoctista by Margulis (1996); to Biliphyta by Kiessling (2003); to Rhodoplantae by Schneider and Wynne (2007); and to Eukaryota by Taylor et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1922 | Rhodophyta Wettstein |
1996 | Rhodophyta Margulis p. 1074 |
2003 | Rhodophyta Kiessling |
2007 | Rhodophyta Schneider and Wynne |
2008 | Rhodophyta Taylor et al. p. 1027 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Ph. Rhodophyta Wettstein 1922 [red algae]
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Fm. †Cambrinaceae Korde 1973
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G. †Chenilleophycus Leary 1986
Subph. Eurhodophytina
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Cl. Florideophyceae Cronquist 1960
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Subcl. Ahnfeltiophycidae
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Fm. Corallinophycidae Le Gall et al. 2010
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Or. Corallinales Silva and Johansen 1986
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G. †Amorfia Racz 1966
G. †Archaeolithothamnium Rothpletz 1891
G. †Archamphiroa Steinmann 1926
Fm. Corallinaceae Lamouroux 1816
Fm. †Craticulaceae Brooke and Riding 1998
G. †Graticula
G. †Halysis Hoeg 1932
Fm. Hydrolithaceae Townsend and Huisman 2018
Fm. Lithophyllaceae Athanasiadis 2016
G. †Nematothallopsis Smith and Butterfield 2013
G. †Phormidioidea Wieland 1930
G. †Razumovskya Vologdin 1939
G. †Sorithamnion Heydrich 1900
Fm. Spongitaceae Kutzing 1843
G. †Stacheoides Cummings 1955
G. †Tetonophycus Fenton and Fenton 1939
G. †Yukonella Mamet and Rudloff 1972
Or. Hapalidiales Nelson and Sutherland 2015
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Fm. Hapalidiaceae Grey 1864
Fm. †Lithothamniacae Hrabovsky et al. 2021
Fm. †Mesophyllaceae Athanasiadis 2016
Or. Cryptonemiales Schmitz 1892
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Fm. †Archaeolithophyllaceae Chuvashov 1987
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G. †Archaeolithophyllum Johnson 1956
G. †Hortonella Mamet 1995
G. †Neoprincipia Cozar and Vachard 2003
G. †Petschoria Korde 1951
G. †Principia Brenckle 1982
Subcl. Nemaliophycidae
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Invalid names: Batrachospermaceae [empty], Lemaneaceae [empty], Psilosiphonaceae [empty]
Or. Nemaliales
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Fm. Chaetangiaceae
G. †Hapalophloea Pia 1937
Invalid names: Galaxauraceae [empty], Liagoraceae [empty], Scinaiaceae [empty]
Or. Palmariales
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Invalid names: Palmariaceae [empty], Rhodophysemataceae [empty], Rhodothamniellaceae [empty]
Subcl. Rhodymeniophycidae
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Or. Ceramiales
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G. †Delesserites Sternberg 1833
G. †Paleothamnion Parker and Dawson 1965
Fm. Rhodomelaceae
Invalid names: Ceramiaceae [empty], Dasyaceae [empty], Delesseriaceae [empty], Sarcomeniaceae [empty]
Or. Gelidiales
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Invalid names: Gelidiaceae [empty], Gelidiellaceae [empty], Pterocladiaceae [empty]
Or. Gigartinales Schmitz 1892
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G. †Chondrides Schimper 1869
Fm. Solieriaceae Agardh 1876
Invalid names: Acrotylaceae [empty], Areschougiaceae [empty], Blinksiaceae [empty], Calosiphoniaceae [empty], Catenellopsidaceae [empty], Caulacanthaceae [empty], Corynocystaceae [empty], Crossocarpaceae Perestenko 1975 [empty], Cruoriaceae [empty], Cubiculosporaceae [empty], Cystocloniaceae [empty], Dicranemataceae [empty], Dumontiaceae [empty], Endocladiaceae [empty], Furcellariaceae [empty], Gainiaceae [empty], Gigartinaceae [empty], Gloiosiphoniaceae [empty], Haemeschariaceae [empty], Kallymeniaceae [empty], Mychodeaceae [empty], Mychodeophyllaceae [empty], Nizymeniaceae [empty], Phacelocarpaceae [empty], Phyllophoraceae [empty], Polyideaceae [empty], Rhizophyllidaceae [empty], Rissoellaceae [empty], Schmitziellaceae [empty], Sphaerococcaceae [empty], Tichocarpaceae [empty]
Or. Gracilariales Fredericq and Hommersand 1989
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Invalid names: Gracilariaceae [empty], Pterocladiophilaceae Fan and Papenfuss 1959 [empty], Tsengiaceae Saunders and Kraft 2002 [empty]
Or. Plocamiales Saunders and Kraft 1994
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Invalid names: Plocamiaceae [empty], Pseudoanemoniaceae [empty], Sarcodiaceae [empty]
Or. Rhodymeniales
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Invalid names: Champiaceae [empty], Faucheaceae Saunders et al. 1999 [empty], Lomentariaceae [empty], Rhodymeniaceae [empty]
Invalid names: Corallinophycidea LeGall and Saunders 2007 [empty]
G. †Kordephyton Radugin and Strepanova 1964
Fm. †Ludloviaceae Chuvashov 1987
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G. †Epiphyton Bornemann 1886
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†Epiphyton flabellatum Bornemann 1886
Invalid names: Paraepiphyton Wray 1967 [synonym]
Cl. Rhodophyceae Ruprecht 1851
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G. Acrochaetium Nägeli 1858
Fm. †Aoujgaliaceae Termier and Vachard 1975
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G. †Dromastacheoides Perret and Vachard 1977
G. †Fourstonella Cummings 1955
G. †Mametella Brenckle 1977
G. †Roquesselsia Termier 1977
G. †Stacheia Brady 1876
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†Stacheia amplexa Vine 1882
†Stacheia congesta Brady 1876
†Stacheia cuspidata Chapman 1895
†Stacheia dispansa Chapman 1895
†Stacheia intermedia Chapman 1895
†Stacheia marginuloides Brady 1876
†Stacheia triradiata Chapman 1895
G. †Stacheoidella Mamet and Roux 1987
Or. †Archaeolithophyllales Chuvashov 1987
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Or. †Calcifoliida Termier 1977
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Fm. †Gymnocodiaceae Elliot 1955
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G. †Gymnocodium Pia 1927
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†Gymnocodium gracile Korde 1965
†Gymnocodium nodosum Ogilvie Gordon 1927
†Gymnocodium novum Korde 1965
G. †Nanjinophycus Mu and Riding 1983
G. †Permocalculus Elliott 1955
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†Permocalculus ampullaceus Elliott 1959
†Permocalculus armenianus Korde 1965
†Permocalculus dragastani Bucur 1985
†Permocalculus fragilis Pia 1937
†Permocalculus minutus Bucur 1994
†Permocalculus multiformis Korde 1965
G. †Succodium Konishi 1954
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†Succodium ambiguum Korde 1965
†Succodium difficile Korde 1965
†Succodium multipilularum Konishi 1955
Fm. †Solenoporaceae Pia 1927
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G. †Cordilites Pocta 1887
G. †Dendronella Moussavian and Senowbari-Daryan 1988
G. †Parachaetetes Deninger 1906
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†Parachaetetes asvapatii Pia 1936
†Parachaetetes cassiana Flugel 1961
†Parachaetetes dizluensis Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2008
†Parachaetetes johnsoni Maslov 1962
†Parachaetetes lamellatus Konishi 1954
†Parachaetetes ternquisti Deninger 1906
G. †Protoaulopora
G. †Pycnoporidium Yabe and Toyama 1928
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†Pycnoporidium levantinum Johnson 1964
†Pycnoporidium lobatum Yabe and Toyama 1928
†Pycnoporidium sinuosum Johnson and Konishi 1960
G. †Solenopora Dybowski 1877
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†Solenopora alcicornis Ott 1966
†Solenopora concentrica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2006
†Solenopora coromandelensis Rao 1944
†Solenopora guangxiensis Wu 1991
†Solenopora guangxiensis sinuosa Wu 1991
†Solenopora jurassica Brown 1894
†Solenopora paraconcentrica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2006
†Solenopora rectangulata Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2008
†Solenopora sahnii Rao and Gowda 1954
†Solenopora spongioides Dybowski 1877
†Solenopora tiruchiensis Rao and Gowda 1954
†Solenopora triasina Vinassa de Regny 1915
†Solenopora urgoniana Pfenfer 1930
†Solenopora vachardi Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2006
G. †Tauristorea Senowbari-Daryan and Link 2005
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†Tauristorea discursa Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2006
†Tauristorea parallela Senowbari-Daryan and Link 2005
Fm. †Stacheinaceae
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Stenian to the top of the Holocene or 1200.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1000.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1000.0 Ma
Collections (2903 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Stenian | Canada (Nunavut) | Bangiophyceae indet. (227556) | |
Ediacaran | China (Shaanxi) | Epiphyton sp. (51735) | |
Caerfai - St Davids | Russian Federation (Siberia) | Epiphyton sp. (10169) | |
Tommotian | India | Archaeocyatha indet. (10739) | |
Tommotian | Russian Federation | Epiphyton sp. (80846 80847 233041) | |
Tommotian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) | Epiphyton scapulum (80841) | |
Atdabanian | Australia (South Australia) | Epiphyton sp. (81170 81171 81172 81173) | |
Atdabanian | Germany (Brandenburg) | Epiphyton sp. (24189 24192) Epiphyton sp., Kordephyton sp. (24190) Kordephyton sp. (24188) | |
Atdabanian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) | Epiphyton scapulum (80843) Epiphyton sp. (81332 81333 81334 81429 81431) | |
Atdabanian | Russian Federation (Khabarovskiy Kray) | Epiphyton sp. (80876) | |
Atdabanian | Spain (Córdoba) | Epiphyton sp. (78585) | |
Atdabanian | Italy (Sardinia) | Epiphyton sp. (225111) | |
Atdabanian | Morocco | Kordephyton sp. (80885) | |
Atdabanian | China (Sichuan) | Epiphyton sp. (224601) | |
Atdabanian | Mongolia | Epiphyton fruticosum (63210) | |
Atdabanian | Russian Federation (Tuva) | Epiphyton sp. (81246 81247) | |
Atdabanian | Spain (Extremadura) | Epiphyton sp. (81040) | |
Atdabanian | Russian Federation (Khakasiya) | Epiphyton sp. (81309 81310 81311 81312 81313 81314 81315 81320 81321 81322 81323 81329) | |
Atdabanian - Botomian | Spain (Cataluna) | Epiphyton sp. (81291 81293) | |
Atdabanian - Botomian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarskiy Kray) | Epiphyton sp. (81335) |