Ceramiales is an order of

red algae Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta also comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing. The majority ...

. It was established by

Friedrich Oltmanns Friedrich Oltmanns (11 July 1860, in Oberndorf – 13 December 1945) was a German phycologist. In 1884 he received his doctorate at the University of Strasbourg, afterwards working as an assistant at the University of Rostock (from 1885). In ...

in 1904.

Families

* Callithamniaceae Kützing, 1843 * Ceramiaceae Dumortier, 1822 * Choreocolacaceae Sturch * Dasyaceae Kützing, 1843 *

Delesseriaceae The Delesseriaceae is a family of about 100 genera of marine red alga. Genera As accepted by AlgaeBase AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both marine and freshwater, as well as sea-grass. History ...

Bory, 1828 * Inkyuleeaceae H.-G. Choi, Kraft, H.-S. Kim, Guiry et G.W. Saunders, 2008 *

Rhodomelaceae Rhodomelaceae is estimated to be the largest red algae family, with about 125 genera and over 700 species. Included taxa Rhodomelaceae includes the following tribes and genera: ''Incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used fo ...

J.E. Areschoug, 1847 * Sarcomeniaceae Womersley, 2003 * Spyridiaceae J. Agardh, 1851 * Wrangeliaceae J. Agardh, 1851

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Red algae orders {{Rhodophyta-stub