Sporochnaceae

Sporochnaceae
Sporochnus pedunculatus
Scientific 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

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]

References

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.

External links

• AlgaeBase