Codiaceae

Codiaceae
Dead man's fingers (Codium fragile)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Ulvophyceae
Order: Bryopsidales
Family:
Kützing, 1843
Genera[1]

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Codiaceae is a family of green algae in the order Bryopsidales.[1]

Genera

As of 2025, Codiaceae contains the following genera:[1]

  • Alpinium Dragastan
  • Aphroditicodium G.F.Elliott
  • Appeninocodium Dragastan ex Molinari & Guiry
  • Arabicodium G.F.Elliott
  • Atlasinium Dragastan
  • Bacinellacodium Dragastan
  • Bucurium Dragastan, Herbig & M.E.Popa
  • Canadiophycus L.G.Voronova & Drosdova
  • Carpathocodium Dragastan
  • Codium Stackhouse
  • Cummingsella Mamet & A.Roux
  • Diversoporella M.B.Gnilovskaja
  • Egericodium E.Flügel, Velledits, Senowbari-Daryan & P.Riedel
  • Geppella Børgesen
  • Globosiphonia Shuysky
  • Johnsonicodium Dragastan
  • Lanciculina Shuysky
  • Malakhovella Mamet & A.Roux
  • Nansenella Mamet & A.Roux
  • Palaeoporella Stolley
  • Praelitanaia Shuysky
  • Protocodium S.Chai, Aria & H.Hua
  • Radoicicinellopsis F.T.Banner, E.M.Finch & M.D.Simmons
  • Schirschovaea Molinari & Guiry
  • Scotlandella Dragastan
  • Shonabellia Retallack
  • Sinuatoporella M.B.Gnilovskaja
  • Succodium Konishi
  • Tethysicodium Dragastan
  • Thaiporella R.Endo
  • Vitinellopsis Vachard, Bucur & Munnecke
  • Vitivisus Molinari & Sánchez Ocharan

Synonyms and excluded genera:

  • Acanthocodium
  • Agardhia A.Cabrera, 1823, nom. illeg., currently regarded as a synonym of Codium.[2]
  • Lamarckia Olivi, 1792, nom. rejic., currently regarded as a synonym of Codium.[3]
  • Moniliaxes Kajimura, 1977, Taxonomic status: uncertain, requiring further investigation.[4]
  • Spongodium J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813, Taxonomic status: uncertain, requiring further investigation.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Family: Codiaceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  2. ^ AlgaeBase
  3. ^ AlgaeBase
  4. ^ AlgaeBase
  5. ^ AlgaeBase