''Pylaiella littoralis'' is a species of

alga Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mi ...

belonging to the family

Acinetosporaceae Acinetosporaceae is a family of brown algae in the order Ectocarpales Ectocarpales is a very large order in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). The order includes families with pseudoparenchymatous (Splachnidiaceae) or true parenchymatou ...

. Synonym: * ''Conferva littoralis'' Linnaeus (=

basionym In the scientific name of organisms, basionym or basyonym means the original name on which a new name is based; the author citation of the new name should include the authors of the basionym in parentheses. The term "basionym" is used in both botan ...

) * ''Pilayella littoralis''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16411000 Ectocarpales