Fucophycidae is a subclass of Phaeophyceae (

brown algae Brown algae (singular: alga), comprising the class Phaeophyceae, are a large group of multicellular algae, including many seaweeds located in colder waters within the Northern Hemisphere. Brown algae are the major seaweeds of the temperate and p ...

) which contains the most complex and evolved orders of Chromista algae. The members of this subclass have stalks with several morphological forms and distinct structures, characterized by an intercalary growth and a basic heteromorphic, sometimes secondarily iso- or sub-isomorphic

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Taxonomy

* Subclass Fucophycidae Cavalier-Smith 1986 ** Order Ascoseirales Petrov1964 emend. Moe & Henry 1982 *** Family Ascoseiraceae Skottsberg 1907 ** Order Asterocladales T.Silberfeld et al. 2011 *** Family Asterocladaceae Silberfeld et al. 2011 ** Order

Desmarestiales Desmarestiales is an order in the brown algae (Phaeophyceae). Members of this order have terete or ligulate (flat) pinnately branched thalli attached by discoid holdfasts. They have a sporphytic thallus usually aggregated to form a pseudo-par ...

Setchell & Gardner 1925 *** Family Arthrocladiaceae Chauvin 1842 *** Family

Desmarestiaceae Desmarestiaceae is a family of brown algae, one of two families in the order Desmarestiales.Guiry, M. D. & G. M. Guiry. 2013Desmarestiales.AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 04 June 2013. The family gets its name from th ...

(Thuret) Kjellman 1880 ** Order Ectocarpales Bessey 1907 emend. Rousseau & Reviers 1999a hordariales Setchell & Gardner 1925; Dictyosiphonales Setchell & Gardner 1925; Scytosiphonales Feldmann 1949*** Family Acinetosporaceae Hamel ex Feldmann 1937 ylaiellaceae; Pilayellaceae*** Family Adenocystaceae Rousseau et al. 2000 emend. Silberfeld et al. 2011 hordariopsidaceae*** Family

Chordariaceae Chordariaceae is a family of brown algae. Members of this family are may be filamentous, crustose with fused cells at the base, or they may be terete and differentiated into a central medulla and an outer photosynthetic cortex. They have a spo ...

Greville 1830 emend. Peters & Ramírez 2001 yrionemataceae*** Family Ectocarpaceae Agardh 1828 emend. Silberfeld et al. 2011 *** Family Petrospongiaceae Racault et al. 2009 *** Family Scytosiphonaceae Ardissone & Straforello 1877 hnoosporaceae Setchell & Gardner 1925** Order

Fucales The Fucales (fucoids) are an order in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). The list of families in the Fucales, as well as additional taxonomic information on algae, is publicly accessible at Algaebaseref name="Guiry and Guiry">Guiry, M.D. and ...

Bory de Saint-Vincent 1827 otheiales Womersley 1987; Durvillaeales Petrov 1965*** Family Bifurcariopsidaceae Cho et al. 2006 *** Family

Durvillaeaceae ''Durvillaea'' is a genus of large brown algae in the monotypic family Durvillaeaceae. All members of the genus are found in the southern hemisphere, including Australia, New Zealand, South America, and various subantarctic islands. ''Durvillae ...

(Oltmanns) De Toni 1891 *** Family Fucaceae Adanson 1763 *** Family

Himanthaliaceae ''Himanthalia'' is a genus of brown algae. It is the only genus in the family Himanthaliaceae in the order Fucales. It includes two species: '' Himanthalia durvillei'' and '' Himanthalia elongata''. References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q18364313, f ...

(Kjellman) De Toni 1891 *** Family

Hormosiraceae ''Hormosira banksii'', also known as Neptune's necklace, Neptune's pearls, sea grapes, or bubbleweed) is a species of seaweed (brown algae, Fucales) native to Australia and New Zealand. The genus ''Hormosira'' is monotypic. Distribution ''Horm ...

Fritsch 1945 *** Family

Notheiaceae The Notheiaceae is a family of brown algae. References Fucales Brown algae families {{Phaeophyceae-stub ...

Schmidt 1938 *** Family

Sargassaceae Sargassaceae is a family of brown algae in the order Fucales The Fucales (fucoids) are an order in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). The list of families in the Fucales, as well as additional taxonomic information on algae, is publicly ac ...

Kützing 1843 ystoseiraceae De Toni 1891*** Family

Seirococcaceae The Seirococcaceae are a family of brown alga Brown algae (singular: alga), comprising the class Phaeophyceae, are a large group of multicellular algae, including many seaweeds located in colder waters within the Northern Hemisphere. Brown ...

Nizamuddin 1987 *** Family Xiphophoraceae Cho et al. 2006 ** Order Laminariales Migula 1909 haeosiphoniellales Silberfeld, Rousseau & Reviers 2014 ord. nov. prop.*** Family Agaraceae Postels & Ruprecht 1840 ostariaceae*** Family Akkesiphycaceae Kawai & Sasaki 2000 *** Family Alariaceae Setchell & Gardner 1925 *** Family Aureophycaceae Kawai & Ridgway 2013 *** Family

Chordaceae ''Chorda'' is a genus of thalloid brown algae including two species. It is the only genus in the family Chordaceae. Its members are known by a number of common names including: mermaid's fishing line, tsurumo, ruálach, doruithe briain, sea laces ...

Dumortier 1822 *** Family

Laminariaceae Laminariaceae is a family of brown algal seaweed Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of '' Rhodophyta'' (red), ''Phaeophyta'' (brown) and '' Chlor ...

Bory de Saint-Vincent 1827 rthrothamnaceae Petrov 1974*** Family

Lessoniaceae Lessoniaceae are a family of kelp. Species of this family have transition zone with intercalary meristem subdivided so that there are a number of secondary stipes in addition to the primary stipe. Genera and species *'' Ecklonia'' **'' Ecklonia ...

Setchell & Gardner 1925 *** Family Pseudochordaceae Kawai & Kurogi 1985 ** Order Nemodermatales Parente et al. 2008 *** Family Nemodermataceae Kuckuck ex Feldmann 1937 ** Order Phaeosiphoniellales Silberfeld, Rousseau & Reviers 2014 *** Family Phaeosiphoniellaceae Phillips et al. 2008 ** Order

Ralfsiales Ralfsiales is an order of crustose brown algae Brown algae (singular: alga), comprising the class Phaeophyceae, are a large group of multicellular algae, including many seaweeds located in colder waters within the Northern Hemisphere. Brown a ...

Nakamura ex Lim & Kawai 2007 *** Family Mesosporaceae Tanaka & Chihara 1982 *** Family Neoralfsiaceae Lim & Kawai 2007 *** Family

Ralfsiaceae Ralfsiaceae is a family of brown algae in the order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein t ...

Farlow 1881 eterochordariaceae Setchell & Gardner 1925** Order

Scytothamnales Scytothamnales is an order of brown algae Brown algae (singular: alga), comprising the class Phaeophyceae, are a large group of multicellular algae, including many seaweeds located in colder waters within the Northern Hemisphere. Brown algae ...

Peters & Clayton 1998 emend. Silberfeld et al. 2011 *** Family Asteronemataceae Silberfeld et al. 2011 *** Family Bachelotiaceae Silberfeld et al. 2011 *** Family

Splachnidiaceae Splachnidiaceae is a family of brown algae in the order Scytothamnales Scytothamnales is an order of brown algae Brown algae (singular: alga), comprising the class Phaeophyceae, are a large group of multicellular algae, including many sea ...

Mitchell & Whitting 1892 cytothamnaceae Womersley 1987** Order Sporochnales Sauvageau 1926 *** Family

Sporochnaceae Sporochnacaeae is the only family in the order Sporochnales in the brown algae Brown algae (singular: alga), comprising the class Phaeophyceae, are a large group of multicellular algae, including many seaweeds located in colder waters within ...

Greville 1830 ** Order Tilopteridales Bessey 1907 emend. Phillips et al. 2008 utleriales Bessey 1907*** Family

Cutleriaceae Cutleriaceae is a family of brown algae. It includes two genera, '' Cutleria'' and ''Zanardinia ''Zanardinia'' is a monotypic genus of seaweed in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). The only species, ''Zanardinia typus'', commonly known as p ...

Griffith & Henfrey 1856 *** Family Halosiphonaceae Kawai & Sasaki 2000 *** Family Phyllariaceae Tilden 1935 *** Family Stschapoviaceae Kawai 2004 *** Family

Tilopteridaceae Tilopteridaceae is a brown algae family in the order Tilopteridales. References External links * Brown algae families Tilopteridales {{Phaeophyceae-stub ...

Kjellman 1890

References

Brown algae {{Phaeophyceae-stub