Halymeniales | |
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Halymenia fijiensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Clade: | Archaeplastida |
Division: | Rhodophyta |
Class: | Florideophyceae |
Subclass: | Rhodymeniophycidae |
Order: | Halymeniales G.W. Saunders & Kraft, 1996[1] |
Synonyms | |
Cryptonemiales G.Murray, Introd. Stud. Seaweeds: 206, 238. 1895 (“Cryptonemiaceae”) |
Halymeniales is an order of red algae belonging to the class Florideophyceae and the subclass Rhodymeniophycidae.[2]
The type species is Halymenia C.Agardh.[3]
The red algae colour comes from photosynthetic pigments (phycoerythrin, phycocyanin, allophycocyanin). Then the various blends of relative amounts of these 3 and chlorophyll, influences the plant colour, which can vary from dark red to blue, brown, or greenish.[4]