Chordariaceae

Chordariaceae
Chordaria flagelliformis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Chordariaceae
Greville, 1830
Genera

See text.

Chordariaceae is a family of brown algae. Members of this family are may be filamentous, crustose with fused cells at the base, or they may be terete and differentiated into a central medulla and an outer photosynthetic cortex. They have a sporphytic thallus usually aggregated to form a pseudo-parenchyma.

As their general name suggests their pigmentation is brown.

Genera include:

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