Scope redefined by Entwisle et al., 2009 to include Lemaneaceae and Psilosiphonaceae. [details]
Treated as an accepted family in AlgaeBase, 2021 version, following Athanasiadis, Phycologia Europaea Rhodophyta ... [details]
Originally described in Lemaneaceae, later in own family Psilosiphonaceae; moved to Batrachospermaceae bt Entwisle et ... [details]