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Phaeophyceae

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Cutleriales 
       Cutleria
       Zanardinia

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Fucales
        Ascophyllum
        Bifurcaria
        Cystoseira
        Fucus
        Halidrys
        Hymanthalia
        Pelvetia
        Sargassum
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Desmarestiales
        Desmarestia
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Laminariales
        Alaria
        Chorda
        Laminaria
        Saccorhiza
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Dictyotales

        Dictyopteris
        Dictyota
        Dilophus
        Padina
        Taonia
        Zonaria
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Sphacelariales
        Cladostephus
        Halopteris
        Stypocaulon
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Ectocarpales
        Asperococcus
        Colpomenia
        Ectocarpus
        Hydroclathrus
        Leathesia
        Petalonia
        Scytosiphon
        Spermatochnus
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                            Mediterranean checklist

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Key to the most common Genera    Chiave per i Generi pił comuni

Thread-like thallus    
Tallo filamentoso

   
Arthrocladia, Carpomitra, Cladostephus, Cutleria, Desmarestia, Elachista, Halopteris,
    Herponema, Nereia, Pilayella, Sphacelaria, Sporochnus.

Leaf-like, membranous thallus
Tallo foliaceo membranoso

    Asperococcus, Cutleria, Desmarestia, Dictyopteris, Dictyota, Dilophus, Padina, Petalonia,
    Punctaria, Spatoglossum, Stypopodium, Taonia, Zanardinia, Zonaria.

Tublar, irregularly narrowed thallus
Tallo tubulare con restringimenti irregolari

    Asperococcus, Castagnea, Colpomenia, Himanthalia (juv), Hydroclathrus, Leathesia,
    Scytosiphon.

Thick, ribbon-like thallus
Tallo nastriforme spesso

    Ascophyllum, Fucus, Halidrys, Himanthalia, Pelvetia

Cylindrical or very thick thallus
Tallo cilindrico o molto spesso

    Bifurcaria, Chorda, Cystoseira, Fucus, Sargassum

Very large ribbon like thallus (more than 1m)
Tallo nasriforme di grandissime dimensioni (pił di 1m)

    Alaria, Laminaria, Saccorhiza, Undaria

Encrusting thallus
Tallo incrostante

    "Aglaozonia" (=Cutleria), Myrionema, Ralfsia.

Special bibliography
Athanasiadis, A. 1987 - A Survey of the Seaweeds of the Aegean Sea with Taxonomic Studies on Species of the Tribe Antithamnieae (Rodophyta). University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Botany, Goteborg.

Boudouresque C.F., Perret-Boudouresque M.M. 1987 - A Checklist of the Benthic Marine Algae of Corsica. GIS Posidonie Publishers, Marseille.

Guiry M. D. 1997 - Benthic red, brown and green algae. In: The Species Directory of the Marine Fauna and Flora of the British Isles and Surrounding Seas. Ulster Museum & Marine Conservation Society, Belfast & Ross-on-Wye

Hardy G., Guiry M.D., Arnold H. 2006 - A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society, London