Chordariaceae

Chordariaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromalveolata
Division:	Heterokontophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Ectocarpales
Family:	Chordariaceae
Genera
Chordaria Elachista Leathesia Mesogloia Myriocladia Myrionema Splachnidium

Chordariaceae is a family in the class Phaeophyceae (brown algae). Members of this family are may be filamentous, crustose with fused cells at the base or they may be terete and differentiated into a central medulla and an outer photosynthetic cortex. They have a sporphytic thallus usuallay aggregated to form a pseudo parenchyma.^[1]

As their general name suggests their pigmentation is brown.

References

1. ^ Pound F.E. 1962 “The Biology of the Algae” Edward Arnold Ltd.