Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Division Chlorophyta > Subdivision Chlorophytina

Ulvophyceae K.R. Mattox & K.D. Stewart, 1978

Rank: Class
Taxon Status: accepted

note: All orders of the Ulvophyceae are under Chlorophyceae in Parker.

Relationships towards this taxon

Class group names

*Bryopsidophyceae*	Bessey, 1907	synonym

Children

Bryopsidales J.H. Schaffner, 1922
Chlorocystidales Kornmann & Sahling, 1983
Cladophorales Haeckel, 1894
Codiolales
Dasycladales Pascher, 1931
Oltmannsiellopsidales T.Nakayama, Shin Watanabe & I.Inouye, 1996
Scotinosphaerales Škaloud & al., 2013
Siphonocladales (Blackman & Tansley) Oltmanns
Sykidiales Darienko & al., 2021
Trentepohliales Chadefaud ex R.H.Thompson & D.E.Wujek, 1997
Ulotrichales Borzi, 1895
Ulvales Blackman & Tansley, 1902
Ulvophyceae incertae sedis

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アオサ藻綱

Literature

basis of record	Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD.
additional source	Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE. 10(4): e0119248.
additional source	Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.