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.

Dictyotaceae
Dictyota dichotoma
Scientific classification
Clade:	SAR
Phylum:	Ochrophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Dictyotales
Family:	Dictyotaceae Lamouroux ex Dumortier, 1822
Genera[1]
Canistrocarpus Chlanidophora Dictyopteris Dictyota Dictyotopsis Distromium Exallosorus Gymnosorus Herringtonia Homoeostrichus Lobophora Lobospira Newhousia Padina Rugulopteryx Scoresbyella Spatoglossum Stoechospermum Stypopodium Taonia Zonaria
Synonyms[1]
Scoresbyellaceae

References

Further reading

De Paula, Joel Campos; Vallim, Magui A; Teixeira, Valeria Laneuville (April 2011). "What are and where are the bioactive terpenoids metabolites from Dictyotaceae (Phaeophyceae)". Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia. 21 (2): 216–228. doi:10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000079.

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