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Phaeophyceae (brown seaweeds)

Life > Eukaryotes > Chromalveolata > Stramenopiles

Classification

Ascoseirales

Genera: Ascoseira.

 

Cutleriales

Genera: Cutleria (paraphyletic), Microzonia, Zanardinia.

 

Desmarestiales

Genera: Arthrocladia, Desmarestia (paraphyletic), Himantothallus, Phaeurus.

 

Dictyotales

Genera: Dictyota, Dilophus, Lobophora, Padina, Stypopodium, Taonia, Zonaria.

 

Ectocarpales

Genera: Acinetospora, Adenocystis, Chordaria, Ectocarpus, Scytosiphon. Incertae
sedis: Asterocladon, Asteronema.

 

Fucales

Genera: Ascophyllum, Bifurcaria, Cystoseira, Druvillaea, Fucus, Hormosira, Sargassum, Turbinaria.

 

Ishige

 

 

Laminariales

Genera: Akkesiophycus, Alaria, Chorda, Costaria, Laminaria, Lessonia, Pseudochoda.

 

Scytothamnales

Genera: Scytothamnus, Splachnidium, Stereocladon.

 

Sphacelariales

Genera: Chaetopteris, Halopteris, Onslowia, Sphacelaria, Stypocaulon, Verosphacella.

 

Sporochnales

Genera: Bellotia, Carpomitra, Nereia, Sporochonus, Tomaculopsis.

 

Syringodermatales

Genera: Syringoderma.

 

Tilopteridales

Genera: Halosipon, Haplospora, Phaeosiphoniella, Phyllaria, Tilopteris.

 

Publications

  • Adl, S.M., Simpson, A.G., Farmer, M.A., Andersen, R.A., Anderson, O.R., Barta, J.R., Bowser, S.S., Brugerolle, G., Fensome, R.A., Fredericq, S., James, T.Y., Karpov, S., Kugrens, P., Krug, J., Lane, C.E., Lewis, L.A., Lodge, J., Lynn, D.H., Mann, D.G., McCourt, R.M., Mendoza, L., Moestrup, Ø., Mozley-Standridge, S.E., Nerad, T.A., Shearer, C.A., Smirnov, A.V., Spiegel, F.W. and Taylor, M.F.J.R. 2005. The new higher level classification of eukaryotes with emphasis on the taxonomy of protists. Eukaryote Microbiology 52(5): 399-451.