Cutleriales is an order

Order (biology)

In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...

 in the brown algae

Brown algae

The Phaeophyceae or brown algae , is a large group of mostly marine multicellular algae, including many seaweeds of colder Northern Hemisphere waters. They play an important role in marine environments, both as food and for the habitats they form...

(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.

External links

• http://www.algaebase.org/taxonomy_detail.lasso?taxonid=4579&-session=abv3:51909EC307a4b1BF63IXT3FC794A