Phaeothamniophycidae
# Phaeothamniophycidae

Phaeothamniophycidae is a subclass of heterokont algae. It contains two orders, Phaeothamniales and Pleurochloridellales, and consists of species separated from Chrysophyceae.

## Taxonomy

* Order Pleurochloridellales Ettl 1956
   * Family Pleurochloridellaceae Ettl 1956
      * Pleurochloridella Pascher 1939
* Order Phaeothamniales Bourrelly 1954 emend. Andersen & Bailey 1998
   * Family Phaeothamniaceae Hansgirg 1886 [=Stichogloeaceae Lemmermann 1899; Chrysapiaceae]
      * Apistonema Pascher 1925
      * Chrysapion Pascher & Vlk 1943
      * Chrysocapsopsis Thompson & Wujek 1998
      * Chrysoclonium Pascher 1925
      * Chrysodesmis Starmach 1970
      * Chrysodictyon Ramanathan 1947
      * Koinopodion Pascher 1943
      * Nematochrysis Pascher 1925
      * Phaeogloea Chodat 1922
      * Phaeoschizochlamys Lemmermann 1898
      * Phaeothamnion Lagerheim 1884
      * Podochrysis Magne 1975
      * Selenophaea Chodat 1922
      * Sphaeridiothrix Pascher & Vlk 1943
      * Stichogloea Chodat 1897
      * Tetrachrysis Dop 1980
      * Tetrapion Pascher 1943
