Dictyotaceae

Dictyotaceae
	Dictyota dichotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Chromista
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Dictyotales
Family:	Dictyotaceae; Lamouroux ex Dumortier, 1822
Genera
	Canistrocarpus; Chlanidophora; Dictyopteris; Dictyota; Dictyotopsis; Distromium; Exallosorus; Gymnosorus; Herringtonia; Homoeostrichus; Lobophora; Lobospira; Newhousia; Padina; Rugulopteryx; Scoresbyella; Spatoglossum; Stoechospermum; Stypopodium; Taonia; Zonaria;
Synonyms
	Scoresbyellaceae

Dictyotaceae is large family of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae).^[2] Members of this family generally prefer warmer waters than other brown algae. Lobophora variegata (= Pocockiella varieagata) often presents a beautiful blue iridescence due to microscopic bacteria which live on the surface of the blades^{[citation needed]}. A number of genera are known as forkweed (e.g. Dictyota, Glosophora, Dilophus, Dictyopteris, Pachydictyon and Lobospira.

References

^ ^a ^b Silberfeld, Thomas; Rousseau, Florence; Reviers, Bruno de (2014). "An Updated Classification of Brown Algae (Ochrophyta, Phaeophyceae)". Cryptogamie, Algologie. 35 (2): 117–156. doi:10.7872/crya.v35.iss2.2014.117. ISSN 0181-1568. S2CID 86227768.
^ Guiry, MD; GM Guiry (2006). "AlgaeBase version 4.2". World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2010-12-22.

Padina boergesenii (leafy rolled-blade algae), San Salvador Island, Bahamas