Gelidiaceae

Gelidiaceae
	Gelidium corneum
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Order:	Gelidiales
Family:	Gelidiaceae; Kützing, 1843
Genera
	Acanthopeltis Okamura, 1892; Capreolia Guiry & Womersley, 1993; Gelidiophycus G.H.Boo, J.K.Park & S.M.Boo, 2013; Gelidium J.V. Lamouroux, 1813; Onikusa Akatsuka, 1986; Porphyroglossum Kützing, 1847; Ptilophora Kützing, 1847; Yatabella Okamura, 1900; Acrocarpus Kützing, 1843 (nomen dubium);

The Gelidiaceae is a small family of red algae containing eight genera. Many species of this algae are used to make agar.

Drying Gelidium amansii to make agar

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