Naccariaceae

Naccariaceae is a family of red algae in the order Bonnemaisoniales, with 3 monotypic genera that are found in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

==History== It was circumscribed by Harald Kylin in 1928. When established the family only had 2 genera, Atractophora and Naccaria. It was also suggested in 1987 (by Gabrielson and Garbary) and in 1997 (by Abbot) that the genera should be placed in the Gigartinales Order. But (Hommersand and Fredericq, 1990) said that the similarities in nutritive cells and carpospore germination, noted that the order Bonnemaisoniales was better used instead, Womersley, 1996 agreed. The family is not monophyletic.