See text Bracebridgea J.Agardh, 1894 unaccepted Haliacantha J.Agardh, 1899 Wrangelia is a genus of red algae in the family Wrangeliaceae.

[1][2] The genus was circumscribed by Carl Adolf Agardh in his book Species algarum rite cognitae, cum synonymis, differentiis specificis et descriptionibus succinctis.

The genus name of Wrangelia is in honour of Fredrik Anton von Wrangel (1786–1842),[3] who was a Danish-Swedish Chamberlain, and also a botanist and alga specialist.

[4] The type species, Wrangelia penicillata is also commonly called Pink bush alga.

[8] It has also been found in the Mediterranean (off the coasts of Spain, France, Corsica, Italy, Sicily, Greece, Turkey, Israel and Libya) as well as in the Adriatic Sea.