List of brown algal genera

This is a list of the orders, families and genera in the class Phaeophyceae — the brown algae.

Choristocarpaceae

 * Choristocarpus Zanardini 1860

Discosporangiaceae

 * Discosporangiumtite Falkenberg 1878

Ishigeophycidae

 * Diplura Hollenberg 1969

Ishigeaceae

 * Ishige Yendo 1907

Petrodermataceae

 * Petroderma Kuckuck 1897

Syringodermataceae

 * Microzonia Agardh 1984
 * Syringoderma Levring 1940

Onslowiaceae

 * Onslowia Searles 1980
 * Verosphacella Henry 1987

Dictyotaceae

 * Canistrocarpus De Paula & De Clerck 2006
 * Chlanidophora Agardh 1894 non Berg 1877
 * Dictyopteris Lamouroux 1809a nom. cons.
 * Dictyota Lamouroux 1809b nom. cons. [Dilophus Agardh 1882 ; Glossophora Agardh 1882 ; Glossophorella Nizamuddin & Campbell 1995 ; Pachydictyon Agardh 1894 ]
 * Dictyopsis Troll 1931
 * Distromium Levring 1940
 * Exallosorus Phillips 1997
 * Herringtonia Kraft 2009
 * Homoeostrichus Agardh 1894
 * Lobophora Agardh 1894 [Pocockiella Papenfuss 1943 ]
 * Lobospira Areschoug 1854
 * Newhousia Kraft et al. 2004
 * Padina Adanson 1793 nom. cons. [Dictyerpa Collins & Harvey 1901 ; Vaughaniella Borgesen 1950 ]
 * Padinopsis Ercegovic 1955
 * Rugulopteryx De Cerck & Coppejans 2006
 * Scoresbyella Womersley 1987
 * Spatoglossum Kutzing 1843
 * Stoechospermum Kutzing 1843
 * Stypopodium Kutzing 1843
 * Taonia Agardh 1848
 * Zonaria Agardh 1817

Lithodermataceae

 * Bodanella Zimmermann 1927
 * Heribaudiella Gomont 1896
 * Lithoderma Areschoug 1875
 * Pseudolithoderma Svedelius 1910

Phaeostrophionaceae

 * Phaeostrophion Setchell & Gardner 1924

Sphacelodermaceae

 * Sphaceloderma Kuckuck 1894

Stypocaulaceae

 * Alethocladus
 * Halopteris Kutzing 1843 [Stypocaulon Kutzing 1843 ]
 * Phloiocaulon Geyler 1866
 * Protohalopteris Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010
 * Ptilopogon Reinke 1890

Cladostephaceae

 * Cladostephus Agardh 1817

Sphacelariaceae

 * Battersia Reinke ex Batters 1890 emend. Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010
 * Chaetopteris Kutzing 1843
 * Herpodiscus South 1974 emend. Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010
 * Sphacelaria Lyngbye 1818
 * Sphacella Reinke 1890
 * Sphacelorbus Draisma, Prud'homme & Kawai 2010

Asterocladaceae

 * Asterocladon Müller, Parodi & Peters 1998

Ascoseiraceae

 * Ascoseira Skottsberg 1907

Cutleriaceae

 * Cutleria
 * Zanardinia

Arthrocladiaceae

 * Arthrocladia

Desmarestiaceae

 * Desmarestia
 * Himantothallus
 * Phaeurus

Acinetosporaceae

 * Acinetospora
 * Feldmannia
 * Geminocarpus
 * Hincksia
 * Pogotrichum
 * Pylaiella

Adenocystaceae

 * Adenocystis
 * Caepidium
 * Utriculidium

Chordariaceae

 * Acrothrix
 * Ascoseirophila
 * Asperococcus
 * Austrofilum
 * Chordaria
 * Cladosiphon
 * Corycus
 * Delamarea
 * Dictyosiphon
 * Elachista
 * Eudesme
 * Giraudia
 * Gononema
 * Halothrix
 * Haplogloia
 * Hecatonema
 * Heterosaundersella
 * Hummia
 * Isthmoplea
 * Laminariocolax
 * Laminarionema
 * Leathesia
 * Leptonematella
 * Litosiphon
 * Microspongium
 * Mikrosyphar
 * Myelophycus
 * Myriogloea
 * Myrionema
 * Myriotrichia
 * Papenfussiella
 * Petrospongium
 * Pleurocladia
 * Polytretus
 * Proselachista
 * Protectocarpus
 * Punctaria
 * Sauvageaugloia
 * Soranthera
 * Sorocarpus
 * Spermatochnus
 * Sphaerotrichia
 * Stictyosiphon
 * Streblonema
 * Striaria
 * Stschapovia
 * Tinocladia

Chordariopsidaceae

 * Chordariopsis

Ectocarpaceae

 * Ectocarpus
 * Kuckuckia

Mesosporaceae

 * Mesospora

Myrionemataceae

 * Asterotrichia

Pylaiellaceae

 * Bachelotia

Bifurcariopsidaceae

 * Bifurcariopsis

Durvillaeaceae

 * Durvillaea

Fucaceae

 * Ascophyllum
 * Fucus
 * Hesperophycus
 * Pelvetia
 * Pelvetiopsis
 * Silvetia
 * Xiphophora

Himanthaliaceae

 * Himanthalia

Hormosiraceae

 * Hormosira

Notheiaceae

 * Notheia

Sargassaceae

 * Anthophycus
 * Axillariella
 * Bifurcaria
 * Bifurcariopsis
 * Carpoglossum
 * Caulocystis
 * Coccophora
 * Cystophora
 * Cystoseira
 * Ericaria
 * Gongolaria
 * Halidrys
 * Hizikia
 * Hormophysa
 * Myagropsis
 * Myogropsis
 * Myriodesma
 * Polycladia
 * Sargassum
 * Sargassopsis
 * Sirophysalis
 * Stephanocystis
 * Stolonophora
 * Turbinaria

Seirococcaceae

 * Cystophaera
 * Marginariella
 * Phyllospora
 * Seirococcus

Akkesiphycaceae

 * Akkesiphycus

Alariaceae

 * Alaria
 * Aureophycus
 * Druehlia
 * Eualaria
 * Hirome
 * Lessoniopsis
 * Pleurophycus
 * Pterygophora
 * Undaria
 * Undariella
 * Undariopsis

Chordaceae

 * Chorda

Costariaceae

 * Agarum
 * Costaria
 * Dictyoneurum
 * Thalassiophyllum

Laminariaceae

 * Arthrothamnus
 * Costularia
 * Cymathere
 * Feditia
 * Gigantea
 * Laminaria
 * Macrocystis
 * Nereocystis
 * Pelagophycus
 * Pelagophycus x Macrocystis
 * Phycocastanum
 * Phyllariella
 * Polyschidea
 * Postelsia
 * Pseudolessonia
 * Saccharina
 * Streptophyllopsis

Lessoniaceae

 * Ecklonia
 * Eckloniopsis
 * Egregia
 * Eisenia
 * Lessonia

Pseudochordaceae

 * Pseudochorda

Nemodermataceae

 * Nemoderma

Neoralfsiaceae

 * Neoralfsia

Ralfsiaceae

 * Basispora
 * Hapalospongidion
 * Jonssonia
 * Myrionemopsis
 * Porterinema
 * Ralfsia

Chnoosporaceae

 * Chnoospora

Scytosiphonaceae

 * Colpomenia
 * Hydroclathrus
 * Petalonia
 * Rosenvingea
 * Scytosiphon
 * Coelocladia
 * Phaeostroma

Scytothamnaceae

 * Asteronema
 * Scytothamnus
 * Stereocladon

Splachnidiaceae

 * Splachnidium

Sporochnaceae

 * Austronereia
 * Bellotia
 * Carpomitra
 * Encyothalia
 * Nereia
 * Perisporochnus
 * Perithalia
 * Sporochnema
 * Sporochnus
 * Tomaculopsis

Halosiphonaceae

 * Halosiphon

Masonophycaceae

 * Masonophycus

Phyllariaceae

 * Phyllariopsis
 * Saccorhiza

Stschapoviaceae

 * Stschapovia

Tilopteridaceae

 * Haplospora
 * Phaeosiphoniella
 * Tilopteris

Incertae sedis

 * Neoleptonema

Heterochordariaceae

 * Analipus