Scinaiaceae | |
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Scinaia furcellata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
(unranked): | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Order: | Nemaliales |
Suborder: | Galaxaurineae |
Family: | Scinaiaceae J.M. Huisman, J.T. Harper & G.W. Saunders 2004[1] |
Genera | |
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Scinaiaceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Nemaliales.[2][3]
Huisman had placed former members of Galaxauraceae family, that were lacking lime into his new family of Scinaiaceae.[4]
The family has cosmopolitan distribution.[5] Including being found in India,[6][7] Arabian Sea,[8] Brazil,[9] North America (including Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon[10]) Chile, New Zealand (Tasmania and Campbell Island) and the Falkland Islands.[3]