List of brown algal genera explained

This is a list of the orders, families and genera in the class Phaeophyceae — the brown algae.^[1]

Discosporangiophycidae

Discosporangiales

Choristocarpaceae

• Choristocarpus Zanardini 1860

Discosporangiaceae

• Discosporangiumtite Falkenberg 1878

Ishigeophycidae

• Diplura Hollenberg 1969^[2]

Ishigeales

Ishigeaceae

• Ishige Yendo 1907

Petrodermataceae

• Petroderma Kuckuck 1897

Dictypophycidae

Syringodermatales

Syringodermataceae

• Microzonia Agardh 1984
• Syringoderma Levring 1940

Onslowiales

Onslowiaceae

• Onslowia Searles 1980
• Verosphacella Henry 1987

Dictyotales

Dictyotaceae

• Canistrocarpus De Paula & De Clerck 2006
• Chlanidophora Agardh 1894 non Berg 1877
• Dictyopteris Lamouroux 1809a nom. cons.
• Dictyota Lamouroux 1809b nom. cons. [''[[Dilophus]] Agardh 1882; Glossophora Agardh 1882; Glossophorella Nizamuddin & Campbell 1995; Pachydictyon Agardh 1894]
• Dictyopsis Troll 1931
• Distromium Levring 1940
• Exallosorus Phillips 1997
• Herringtonia Kraft 2009
• Homoeostrichus Agardh 1894
• Lobophora Agardh 1894 [''[[Pocockiella]] Papenfuss 1943]
• Lobospira Areschoug 1854
• Newhousia Kraft et al. 2004
• Padina Adanson 1793 nom. cons. [''[[Dictyerpa]] Collins & Harvey 1901; Vaughaniella Borgesen 1950]
• Padinopsis Ercegovic 1955
• Rugulopteryx De Cerck & Coppejans 2006
• Scoresbyella Womersley 1987
• Spatoglossum Kutzing 1843
• Stoechospermum Kutzing 1843
• Stypopodium Kutzing 1843
• Taonia Agardh 1848
• Zonaria Agardh 1817

Sphacelariales

Lithodermataceae

• Bodanella Zimmermann 1927
• Heribaudiella Gomont 1896
• Lithoderma Areschoug 1875
• Pseudolithoderma Svedelius 1910

Phaeostrophionaceae

• Phaeostrophion Setchell & Gardner 1924

Sphacelodermaceae

• Sphaceloderma Kuckuck 1894

Stypocaulaceae

• Alethocladus
• Halopteris Kutzing 1843 [''[[Stypocaulon]] Kutzing 1843]
• Phloiocaulon Geyler 1866
• Protohalopteris Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010
• Ptilopogon Reinke 1890

Cladostephaceae

• Cladostephus Agardh 1817

Sphacelariaceae

• Battersia Reinke ex Batters 1890 emend. Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010
• Chaetopteris Kutzing 1843
• Herpodiscus South 1974 emend. Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010
• Sphacelaria Lyngbye 1818
• Sphacella Reinke 1890
• Sphacelorbus Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010

Fucophycidae

Asterocladales

Asterocladaceae

• Asterocladon Müller, Parodi & Peters 1998

Ascoseirales

Ascoseiraceae

• Ascoseira Skottsberg 1907

Cutleriales

Cutleriaceae

• Cutleria
• Zanardinia

Desmarestiales

Arthrocladiaceae

• Arthrocladia

Desmarestiaceae

• Desmarestia
• Himantothallus
• Phaeurus

Ectocarpales

Acinetosporaceae

• Acinetospora
• Feldmannia
• Geminocarpus
• Hincksia
• Pogotrichum
• Pylaiella

Adenocystaceae

• Adenocystis
• Caepidium
• Utriculidium

Chordariaceae

• Acrothrix
• Ascoseirophila
• Asperococcus
• Austrofilum
• Chordaria
• Cladosiphon
• Corycus
• Delamarea
• Dictyosiphon
• Elachista
• Eudesme
• Giraudia
• Gononema
• Halothrix
• Haplogloia
• Hecatonema
• Heterosaundersella
• Hummia
• Isthmoplea
• Laminariocolax
• Laminarionema
• Leathesia
• Leptonematella
• Litosiphon
• Microspongium
• Mikrosyphar
• Myelophycus
• Myriogloea
• Myrionema
• Myriotrichia
• Papenfussiella
• Petrospongium
• Pleurocladia
• Polytretus
• Proselachista
• Protectocarpus
• Punctaria
• Sauvageaugloia
• Soranthera
• Sorocarpus
• Spermatochnus
• Sphaerotrichia
• Stictyosiphon
• Streblonema
• Striaria
• Stschapovia
• Tinocladia

Chordariopsidaceae

• Chordariopsis

Ectocarpaceae

• Ectocarpus
• Kuckuckia

Mesosporaceae

• Mesospora

Myrionemataceae

• Asterotrichia

Pylaiellaceae

• Bachelotia

Fucales

Bifurcariopsidaceae

• Bifurcariopsis

Durvillaeaceae

• Durvillaea

Fucaceae

• Ascophyllum
• Fucus
• Hesperophycus
• Pelvetia
• Pelvetiopsis
• Silvetia
• Xiphophora

Himanthaliaceae

• Himanthalia

Hormosiraceae

• Hormosira

Notheiaceae

• Notheia

Sargassaceae

See also: List of Sargassum species.

• Anthophycus
• Axillariella
• Bifurcaria
• Bifurcariopsis
• Carpoglossum
• Caulocystis
• Coccophora
• Cystophora
• Cystoseira
• Ericaria
• Gongolaria
• Halidrys
• Hizikia
• Hormophysa
• Myagropsis
• Myogropsis
• Myriodesma
• Polycladia
• Sargassum
• Sargassopsis
• Sirophysalis
• Stephanocystis
• Stolonophora
• Turbinaria

Seirococcaceae

• Cystophaera
• Marginariella
• Phyllospora
• Seirococcus

Laminariales

Akkesiphycaceae

• Akkesiphycus

Alariaceae

• Alaria
• Aureophycus
• Druehlia
• Eualaria
• Hirome
• Lessoniopsis
• Pleurophycus
• Pterygophora
• Undaria
• Undariella
• Undariopsis

Chordaceae

• Chorda

Costariaceae

• Agarum
• Costaria
• Dictyoneurum
• Thalassiophyllum

Laminariaceae

• Arthrothamnus
• Costularia
• Cymathere
• Feditia
• Gigantea
• Laminaria
• Macrocystis
• Nereocystis
• Pelagophycus
• Pelagophycus x Macrocystis
• Phycocastanum
• Phyllariella
• Polyschidea
• Postelsia
• Pseudolessonia
• Saccharina
• Streptophyllopsis

Lessoniaceae

• Ecklonia
• Eckloniopsis
• Egregia
• Eisenia
• Lessonia

Pseudochordaceae

• Pseudochorda

Nemodermatales

Nemodermataceae

• Nemoderma

Ralfsiales

Neoralfsiaceae

• Neoralfsia

Ralfsiaceae

• Basispora
• Hapalospongidion
• Jonssonia
• Myrionemopsis
• Porterinema
• Ralfsia

Scytosiphonales

Chnoosporaceae

• Chnoospora

Scytosiphonaceae

• Colpomenia
• Hydroclathrus
• Petalonia
• Rosenvingea
• Scytosiphon
• Coelocladia
• Phaeostroma

Scytothamnales

Scytothamnaceae

• Asteronema
• Scytothamnus
• Stereocladon

Splachnidiaceae

• Splachnidium

Sporochnales

Sporochnaceae

• Austronereia
• Bellotia
• Carpomitra
• Encyothalia
• Nereia
• Perisporochnus
• Perithalia
• Sporochnema
• Sporochnus
• Tomaculopsis

Tilopteridales

Halosiphonaceae

• Halosiphon

Masonophycaceae

• Masonophycus

Phyllariaceae

• Phyllariopsis
• Saccorhiza

Stschapoviaceae

• Stschapovia

Tilopteridaceae

• Haplospora
• Phaeosiphoniella
• Tilopteris

Incertae sedis

• Neoleptonema

Heterochordariaceae

• Analipus

Notes and References

1. Silberfeld . Rousseau . de Reviers . 2014. An updated classification of Brown algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). . 35 . 2 . 117–156 . 10.7872/crya.v35.iss2.2014.117 . 86227768 .
2. Poong. Sze-Wan. Lim. Phaik-Eem. Phang. Siew-Moi. Sunarpi. H.. West. John A.. Kawai. Hiroshi. A molecular-assisted floristic survey of crustose brown algae (Phaeophyceae) from Malaysia and Lombok Island, Indonesia based on rbcL and partial cox1 genes. Journal of Applied Phycology. 2013. 26. 2. 1231–1242. 10.1007/s10811-013-0081-9. 254605033 .