Sporochnaceae

Sporochnacaeae is the only family in the order Sporochnales in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). Member of this family are thread-like algae growing by means of an intercalary row of dome shaped cells at the base of the hairs.^[2]

Sporochnaceae
Sporochnus pedunculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Subclass:	Fucophycidae
Order:	Sporochnales Sauvageau
Family:	Sporochnaceae Greville
Genera[1]
Austronereia Bellotia Carpomitra Chytraphora Encyothalia Lucasia Nereia Perisporochnus Perithalia Sporochnema Sporochnus Tomaculopsis