Codiaceae

Codiaceae
Dead man's fingers ( Codium fragile )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Ulvophyceae
Order:	Bryopsidales
Family:	Codiaceae Kützing, 1843
Genera [1]
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Illustration

Codiaceae is a family of green algae in the order Bryopsidales. ^[1]

Genera

As of 2025, Codiaceae contains the following genera: ^[1]

• † Alpinium Dragastan
• † Aphroditicodium G.F.Elliott
• † Appeninocodium Dragastan ex Molinari & Guiry
• † Arabicodium G.F.Elliott
• † Atlasinium Dragastan
• † Bacinellacodium Dragastan
• † Bucurium Dragastan, Herbig & M.E.Popa
• † Canadiophycus L.G.Voronova & Drosdova
• † Carpathocodium Dragastan
• Codium Stackhouse
• † Cummingsella Mamet & A.Roux
• † Diversoporella M.B.Gnilovskaja
• † Egericodium E.Flügel, Velledits, Senowbari-Daryan & P.Riedel
• Geppella Børgesen
• † Globosiphonia Shuysky
• † Johnsonicodium Dragastan
• † Lanciculina Shuysky
• † Malakhovella Mamet & A.Roux
• † Nansenella Mamet & A.Roux
• † Palaeoporella Stolley
• † Praelitanaia Shuysky
• † Protocodium S.Chai, Aria & H.Hua
• † Radoicicinellopsis F.T.Banner, E.M.Finch & M.D.Simmons
• † Schirschovaea Molinari & Guiry
• † Scotlandella Dragastan
• † Shonabellia Retallack
• † Sinuatoporella M.B.Gnilovskaja
• † Succodium Konishi
• † Tethysicodium Dragastan
• † Thaiporella R.Endo
• † Vitinellopsis Vachard, Bucur & Munnecke
• † Vitivisus Molinari & Sánchez Ocharan

Synonyms and excluded genera:

• Acanthocodium
• Agardhia A.Cabrera, 1823, nom. illeg., currently regarded as a synonym of Codium. ^[2]
• Lamarckia Olivi, 1792, nom. rejic., currently regarded as a synonym of Codium. ^[3]
• Moniliaxes Kajimura, 1977, Taxonomic status: uncertain, requiring further investigation. ^[4]
• Spongodium J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813, Taxonomic status: uncertain, requiring further investigation. ^[5]

References

1. Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2007). "Family: Codiaceae taxonomy browser". AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
2. AlgaeBase
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4. AlgaeBase
5. AlgaeBase