Cladostephaceae

Cladostephaceae is a family of brown algae belonging to the order Sphacelariales in the class Phaeophyceae.^[1][2]

Cladostephaceae
Cladostephus spongiosus growing in the intertidal of a rocky shore along the Irish west coast.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Sphacelariales
Family:	Cladostephaceae Oltmanns, 1922

The family comprises a single genus:^[1][2]

• Cladostephus C.Agardh, 1817