| Galaxauraceae | |
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| Galaxaura rugosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Nemaliales |
| Family: | Galaxauraceae P.G.Parkinson, 1983[1] |
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Galaxauraceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Nemaliales.
The type genus is Galaxaura.
The name Galaxauraceae was first published by Russian botanist Paulus Horaninow (1796-1865) in 1843.[2]
The family has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]
Calcification (while, chalky outer layer) appears in all members of the Galaxauraceae family.[4]
- ^ Parkinson, P.G. (1983). The typification and status of the name Chaetangium (Algae). Taxon 32: 605-610
- ^ P. Horaninow, Tetractys Naturae seu Systema quadrimembre omnium naturalium, quod primis lineis systematis naturae, a se editis. 62 pp. Typis K. Wienhöberianis, Petropoli [St. Petersburg].
- ^ "Galaxauraceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ John Marinus Huisman Algae of Australia (2006), p. 4, at Google Books