Cutleriales | |
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Cutleria cylindrica | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | SAR |
Superphylum: | Heterokonta |
Class: | Phaeophyceae |
Order: |
Cutleriales Bessey |
Family: |
Cutleriaceae Griffith & Henfrey |
Genera | |
Cutleria Greville |
Cutleria Greville
Microzonia J Agardh
Zanardinia Zanardini
Cutleriales is an order in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). It is composed of 2-6 genera, based upon various circumscriptions. The circumscription in the taxobox (right) is the list of genera from AlgaeBase, although only 3 of these genera are listed as containing species, 11 species in Cutleria, and one each in Microzonia, and Zanardinia. Lee circumscribes the order with only the two genera, Cutleria and Zanardinia.