Sporochnacaeae is the only family in the order Sporochnales in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). Member of this family are thread-like algae growing by means of an intercalary row of dome shaped cells at the base of the hairs.[2]

Sporochnaceae
Sporochnus pedunculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Subclass: Fucophycidae
Order: Sporochnales
Sauvageau
Family: Sporochnaceae
Greville
Genera[1]

Austronereia
Bellotia
Carpomitra
Chytraphora
Encyothalia
Lucasia
Nereia
Perisporochnus
Perithalia
Sporochnema
Sporochnus
Tomaculopsis

References

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  1. ^ Silberfeld, Thomas; Rousseau, Florence; Reviers, Bruno de (2014). "An Updated Classification of Brown Algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae)". Cryptogamie, Algologie. 35 (2): 117–156. doi:10.7872/crya.v35.iss2.2014.117. ISSN 0181-1568.
  2. ^ Pound F.E. 1962 “The Biology of the Algae” Edward Arnold Ltd.
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