IRMNG - Phaeophyceae

IRMNG taxon details

Phaeophyceae

IRMNG_ID

1493 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1493)

Classification

Authority

F.R. Kjellman, 1891

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Heterokontophyta

Direct children (42)

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Family Archyfasmaceae Gnilovskaya, 2003 †
Order Ascoseirales
Order Asterocladales
Genus Caulerpites (A.T. Brongniart) Sternberg, 1833 †
Order Chordales
Order Desmarestiales
Genus Dichothallus S.V. Naugolnykh, 2018 †
Order Dictyotales
Order Discosporangiales
Order Ectocarpales
Order Fucales
Genus Houjiashania J. Liu et al., 2024 †
Order Ishigeales
Genus Jonssonia S. Lund, 1959
Order Laminariales
Genus Miaohephyton M. Steiner, 1994 †
Order Nemodermatales
Order Onslowiales
Order Phaeosiphoniellales
Genus Pilonema Derbès & Solier, 1851
Genus Porterinema Waern, 1952
Order Ralfsiales
Order Scytothamnales
Genus Sorapion Kuckuck, 1894
Order Sphacelariales
Order Sporochnales
Order Stschapoviales
Order Syringodermatales
Order Tilopteridales
Genus Zosterocarpus Bornet, 1890
Order Chordariales accepted as Ectocarpales (synonym)
Order Cutleriales accepted as Tilopteridales
Order Dictyosiphonales accepted as Ectocarpales (synonym)
Order Durvillaeales accepted as Fucales (synonym)
Genus Gracilogia Ding in Ding et al., 1992 † (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Miaohephyton M. Chen & Z.Z. Xiao, 1991 † accepted as Miaohephyton M. Steiner, 1994 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, not validly published (ING))
Genus Phasganon Targioni-Tozzetti, 1826 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Prototilopteris Funk, 1927 accepted as Zosterocarpus Bornet, 1890
Genus Pseudobodanella J. Gerloff, 1967 accepted as Porterinema Waern, 1952
Order Scytosiphonales accepted as Ectocarpales (synonym)
Family Phaeophyceae (awaiting allocation) (temporary name)
Genus Phasgonon Walker ex S.F. Gray, 1821 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2026). Phaeophyceae. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1493 on 2026-09-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-05-31 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2017-03-26 23:51:20Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2025-05-12 18:43:56Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (4)
Links (1)

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

taxonomy source Guiry, M. D.; Andersen, R. A.; Moestrup, Ø. (2023). Validation of the name Heterokontophyta. <em>Notulae Algarum.</em> 297: 1-5., available online at https://www.notulaealgarum.com/2023/documents/Notulae%20Algarum%20No.%20297.pdf [details]

name verified source Guiry, M. D.; Guiry, G. M. AlgaeBase (2024 version). , available online at https://www.algaebase.org [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248 [details]

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