Marine Species Traits - Ectocarpales

Traits taxon details

Ectocarpales

AphiaID

842 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:842)

Classification

Authority

Bessey, 1907

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Fucophycidae

Direct children (12)

Ordering

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Family Acinetosporaceae Hamel ex J. Feldmann, 1937
Family Adenocystaceae F. Rousseau, B. de Reviers, M.-C. Leclerc, A. Asensi & R. Delépine
Family Chordariaceae Greville, 1830
Family Chordariopsidaceae Kylin, 1940
Family Ectocarpaceae C. Agardh, 1828
Family Mesosporaceae J. Tanaka & Chihara, 1982
Family Myrionemataceae Nägeli, 1847
Family Petrospongiaceae Racault et al., 2009
Family Pilayellaceae
Family Pylaiellaceae
Family Scytosiphonaceae Farlow, 1881
Family Sorocarpaceae

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Ectocarpales. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842 on 2026-07-26

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Ectocarpales. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=842 on 2026-07-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2008-10-22 09:06:10Z

checked

Guiry, Michael D.

2022-04-30 18:43:00Z

changed

Guiry, Michael D.

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basis of record Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ectocarpales)
To Genbank
To ITIS