Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Class Phaeophyceae

Fucophycidae Cavalier-Smith, 1986

Rank: Subclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Subclass group names

*Asterocladales*	T.Silberfeld, M.-F.Racault, R.L.Fletcher, A.F.Peters, F.Rousseau & B.de Reviers, 2011	taxonomically included in
*Chordales*	Starko, H.Kawai, S.C.Lindstrom & Martone, 2019	taxonomically included in
*Desmarestiales*	Setchell & Gardner, 1925	taxonomically included in
*Ectocarpales*	Bessey, 1907	taxonomically included in
*Fucales*	Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827	taxonomically included in
*Laminariales*	Migula, 1909	taxonomically included in
*Nemodermatales*	M.Parente, R.L.Fletcher, F.Rousseau & N.Phillips, 2008	taxonomically included in
*Ralfsiales*	Nakamura ex P.-E.Lim & H.Kawai, 2007	taxonomically included in
*Scytothamnales*	A.F. Peters & M.N. Clayton, 1998	taxonomically included in
*Sporochnales*	Sauvageau, 1926	taxonomically included in
*Tilopteridales*	Bessey, 1907	taxonomically included in

Children

Asterocladales T.Silberfeld, M.-F.Racault, R.L.Fletcher, A.F.Peters, F.Rousseau & B.de Reviers, 2011
Chordales Starko, H.Kawai, S.C.Lindstrom & Martone, 2019
Desmarestiales Setchell & Gardner, 1925
Ectocarpales Bessey, 1907
Fucales Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827
Laminariales Migula, 1909
Nemodermatales M.Parente, R.L.Fletcher, F.Rousseau & N.Phillips, 2008
Ralfsiales Nakamura ex P.-E.Lim & H.Kawai, 2007
Scytothamnales A.F. Peters & M.N. Clayton, 1998
Sporochnales Sauvageau, 1926
Tilopteridales Bessey, 1907

Literature

original description	Cavalier-Smith, T. (1968). The kingdom Chromista: origin and systematics. In F.E. Round & D.J. Chapman (eds.). Progress in Phycological Research. 4: 309-347.
additional source	Silberfeld, T.; Rousseau, F.; Reviers, B. (2014). An updated classification of brown algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae). Cryptogamie Algologie. 35(2): 117-156.