PHAEOPHYCEAE Kjellman, 1891
(brown seaweeds)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ECTOCARPALES
an order of brown seaweeds
Order 1 subtaxa 6 images
ACINETOSPORACEAE
a family of brown seaweeds
Family 1 subtaxa 6 images
Pylaiella
a genus of chromists
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images
FUCALES
an order of wracks
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 		Order 11 subtaxa 164 images 9 ident. refs
LAMINARIALES
an order of brown seaweeds
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 		Order 4 subtaxa 43 images 2 ident. refs
RALFSIALES
an order of brown seaweeds
Order 1 subtaxa 6 images
RALFSIACEAE
a family of brown seaweeds
Family 1 subtaxa 6 images
Ralfsia
a genus of encrusting brown seaweeds
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images
SCYTOSIPHONALES
an order of chromists
Order 1 subtaxa 12 images
SCYTOSIPHONACEAE
a family of brown seaweeds
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 12 images
SPHACELARIALES
an order of brown seaweeds
Order 1 subtaxa 12 images
STYPOCAULACEAE
a family of brown seaweeds
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 12 images
TILOPTERIDALES
an order of brown seaweeds
Order 1 subtaxa 9 images
PHYLLARIACEAE
a family of brown seaweeds
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 9 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassPHAEOPHYCEAE (brown seaweeds)
SubphylumPHAEISTA (a subphylum of chromists)
PhylumOCHROPHYTA (a phylum of chromists)
KingdomCHROMISTA (algae)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fletcher, R.L. 1987 Fucophyceae (Phaeophyceae) Seaweeds of the British Isles, Vol 3, 360pp, Natural History Museum Publications
Goff, T., le Biodiversity des algues marines et de la fauna marine des cotes francaises: Manche et Atlantique www.marevita.org/index.php?option=accueil
in the field() Hiscock, S. 1979 A Field Key to the British Brown Seaweeds AIDGAP, 125, 43pp, Field Studies Council
Jones, W.E. 1962 A Key to the genera of British Seaweeds Field Studies 1(4): 1-32.
Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/
Wells, E. 2009 A Field Guide to the British Seaweeds 112pp

PHAEOPHYCEAE (brown seaweeds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PHAEOPHYCEAE (brown seaweeds)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 75 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PHAEOPHYCEAE (brown seaweeds)
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