''Erythrotrichia'' is a

red algae Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta comprises one of the largest Phylum, phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 900 Genus, genera amidst ongoing taxon ...

genus in the family

Erythrotrichiaceae Erythrotrichiaceae is a red algae Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta comprises one of the largest Phylum, phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 recognized species within over 9 ...

. In

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, ''E. carnea'' is

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ed as a

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(VU).Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands celandic Institute of Natural History(1996).
Válisti 1: Plöntur.
' (in Icelandic) Reykjavík: Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands.

Species

''Erythrotrichia'' contains 32 species.Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2018). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). ''Erythrotrichia'' Areschoug, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=144121 on 2018-04-28

References

Red algae genera Compsopogonophyceae {{Rhodophyta-stub