title: Dumontiaceae
text: # Dumontiaceae
  
  Dumontiaceae is a red alga family in the order Gigartinales.
  
  Species in the British Isles, includes Dumontia contorta (S.G.Gmelin) Ruprecht.
  
  ## Genera
  
  According to WoRMS;
  
  * Andersoniella F.Schmitz
  * Constantinea Postels & Ruprecht, 1840
  * Cryptosiphonia J.Agardh, 1876
  * Dasyphloea Montagne, 1842
  * Dilsea Stackhouse, 1809
  * Dudresnaya P.L.Crouan & H.M.Crouan, 1835
  * Dumontia J.V.Lamouroux, 1813
  * Farlowia J.Agardh, 1876
  * Gibsmithia Doty, 1963
  * Hyalosiphonia Okamura, 1909
  * Kraftia Shepley & Womersley, 1983
  * Leptocladia J.Agardh, 1892
  * Masudaphycus S.C.Lindstrom, 1988
  * Neodilsea Tokida, 1943
  * Orculifilum Lindstrom, 1987
  * Pikea Harvey, 1853
  * Rhodopeltis Harvey, 1863
  * Thuretellopsis Kylin, 1925
  * Waernia R.T.Wilce, Maggs & Sears, 2003
  * Weeksia Setchell, 1901
  
  Also;
  
  * Former genus Borrichius S.F.Gray, 1821 now accepted as synonym of Dudresnaya
  * Former genus Litharthron Weber-van Bosse, 1904, now accepted as synonym of Rhodopeltis
  