Ascoseira

Ascoseira is a monotypic genus of seaweed in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae).^[3][4] The single and type species, Ascoseira mirabilis Skottsberg, is a large parenchymatous macroalgae, and is endemic to the Antarctic Ocean.^[5] Ascoseira is assigned to its own order.^[3][6] The alga grows in subtidal waters at depths of from 3 to 15 meters.^[7]

Ascoseira
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Subclass:	Fucophycidae
Order:	Ascoseirales Petrov[1]
Family:	Ascoseiraceae Skottsberg
Genus:	Ascoseira Skottsberg
Species:	A. mirabilis
Binomial name
Ascoseira mirabilis Skottsberg [2]