Leathesia

Leathesia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Gyrista
Subphylum:	Ochrophytina
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Ectocarpales
Family:	Chordariaceae
Genus:	Leathesia S.F.Gray, 1821

Leathesia is a genus of brown algae belonging to the family Chordariaceae.[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:[1]

• Leathesia berkeleyi (Greville) Harvey
• Leathesia difformis L.
• Leathesia marina (Lyngb.) Decne.
• Leathesia mucosa Feldmann, 1935
• Leathesia nana S. & G.
• Leathesia umbellata (C.Agardh) Endlichter

References

1. "Leathesia S.F.Gray, 1821". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 27 April 2021.