''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 ke ...
s in the family
Seirococcaceae
The Seirococcaceae are a family of brown algae, containing five genera:
* '' Cystosphaera'' Skottsberg, 1907
* '' Marginariella'' Tandy, 1936
* ''Phyllospora
''Phyllospora'' is a genus of seaweeds in the family Seirococcaceae (among the br ...
(among the
brown alga
Brown algae (singular: alga), comprising the class Phaeophyceae, are a large group of multicellular algae, including many seaweeds located in colder waters within the Northern Hemisphere. Brown algae are the major seaweeds of the temperate and ...
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 that is a type of temperate seaweed forest important as habitat for many marine species and also for producing oxygen and capturing atmospheric c ...
'' (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)
References
Fucales
Fucales genera
Taxa named by Carl Adolph Agardh
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