List of brown algal genera

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

Discosporangiophycidae

Discosporangiales

Choristocarpaceae

• Choristocarpus <small>Zanardini 1860</small>

Discosporangiaceae

• Discosporangiumtite <small>Falkenberg 1878</small>

Ishigeophycidae

• Diplura <small>Hollenberg 1969</small>

Ishigeales

Ishigeaceae

• Ishige <small>Yendo 1907</small>

Petrodermataceae

• Petroderma <small>Kuckuck 1897</small>

Dictypophycidae

Syringodermatales

Syringodermataceae

• Microzonia <small>Agardh 1984</small>
• Syringoderma <small>Levring 1940</small>

Onslowiales

Onslowiaceae

• Onslowia <small>Searles 1980</small>
• Verosphacella <small>Henry 1987</small>

Dictyotales

Dictyotaceae

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

Sphacelariales

Lithodermataceae

• Bodanella <small>Zimmermann 1927</small>
• Heribaudiella <small>Gomont 1896</small>
• Lithoderma <small>Areschoug 1875</small>
• Pseudolithoderma <small>Svedelius 1910</small>

Phaeostrophionaceae

• Phaeostrophion <small>Setchell & Gardner 1924</small>

Sphacelodermaceae

• Sphaceloderma <small>Kuckuck 1894</small>

Stypocaulaceae

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

Cladostephaceae

• Cladostephus <small>Agardh 1817</small>

Sphacelariaceae

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

Fucophycidae

Asterocladales

Asterocladaceae

• Asterocladon <small>Müller, Parodi & Peters 1998</small>

Ascoseirales

Ascoseiraceae

• Ascoseira <small>Skottsberg 1907</small>

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

• 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

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