| Sporochnaceae | |
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| Sporochnus pedunculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Subclass: | Fucophycidae |
| Order: | Sporochnales Sauvageau |
| Family: | Sporochnaceae Greville |
| Genera[1] | |
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Austronereia | |
Sporochnacaeae is the only family in the order Sporochnales in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). Member of this family are thread-like algae growing by means of an intercalary row of dome shaped cells at the base of the hairs.[2]