Polyidaceae is a red algae family in the order

Gigartinales Gigartinales is a red algae order in the class Florideophyceae Florideophyceae is a class of exclusively multicellular red algae. They were once thought to be the only algae to bear pit connections, but these have since been found in the fila ...

. Gigartinales, like all

Florideophyceae Florideophyceae is a class of exclusively multicellular red algae. They were once thought to be the only algae to bear pit connections, but these have since been found in the filamentous stage of the Bangiaceae. They were also thought only to ex ...

, are exclusively multicellular. This order, including almost half of the florideophycidaean families, consists of some 100 genera and 700 species. The Polyidaceae family includes ''

Polyides rotunda ''Polyides rotunda'' is a species of small red marine alga in the family Polyidaceae. Description ''Polyides rotunda'' grows to in length, its cartilaginous, terete and branches two or three times dichotomously. The branches are about in dia ...

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Gigartinales Red algae families {{red alga-stub