Acrochaetiales

Acrochaetiales is an order of red algae.^[2]

Acrochaetiales
Rhodochorton purpureum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Archaeplastida
Division:	Rhodophyta
Class:	Florideophyceae
Subclass:	Nemaliophycidae
Order:	Acrochaetiales Feldmann [1]
Families
Acrochaetiaceae Fritsch ex W.R.Taylor Ottiaceae Entwisle, J.R.Evans, M.L.Vis & G.W.Saunders

Taxonomy

Acrochaetiales contains two families and six genera:^[1]

• Acrochaetiaceae Fritsch ex W.R.Taylor
  • Acrochaetium Nägeli (synonyms: Chromastrum Papenfuss, Kylinia Rosenvinge, Liagorophila Yamada, Rhodochortonopsis Yamada)
  • Audouinella Bory
  • Grania (Rosenvinge) Kylin
  • Rhodochorton Nägeli (synonym: Thamnidium Thuret)
  • Rhododrewia S.L.Clayden & G.W.Saunders
• Ottiaceae Entwisle, J.R.Evans, M.L.Vis & G.W.Saunders
  • Ottia Entwisle, J.R.Evans, M.L.Vis & G.W.Saunders