''Phyllospora'' is a genus of

seaweed Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of ''Rhodophyta'' (red), '' Phaeophyta'' (brown) and ''Chlorophyta'' (green) macroalgae. Seaweed species such as ...

s in the family

Seirococcaceae The Seirococcaceae are a family of brown alga Brown algae (: alga) are a large group of multicellular algae comprising the class Phaeophyceae. They include many seaweeds located in colder waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Brown algae are ...

(among the

brown alga Brown algae (: alga) are a large group of multicellular algae comprising the class Phaeophyceae. They include many seaweeds located in colder waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Brown algae are the major seaweeds of the temperate and polar reg ...

e). Five species are currently accepted: * '' Phyllospora chamissoi'' C.Agardh, 1839 * ''

Phyllospora comosa ''Phyllospora comosa'', known as crayweed, is a species of brown algae in the Seirococcaceae family. It forms temperate seaweed forests that are important as habitat for many marine species and also for producing oxygen and capturing atmospher ...

'' (Labillardière) C.Agardh, 1839 * '' Phyllospora obtusa'' (Harvey) Endlicher * '' Phyllospora menziesii'' (Turner) C.Agardh, 1839 accepted as ''Egregia menziesii'' (Turner) Areschoug, 1876 (synonym) * '' Phyllospora quercifolia'' (Turner) Harvey (uncertain)

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Fucales Fucales genera Taxa named by Carl Adolph Agardh {{Brown algae-stub