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Acrochaetiales

Acrochaetium alariae (Jònnson) Bornet
(=Chantransia alariae Jònnson,  =Audouinella alariae (Jònnson) Woelkerling)

Acrochaetium battersianum Hamel
(=Audouinella battersiana (Hamel) Dixon)

Acrochaetium brebneri (Batters) Hamel
(=Rhodocchorton brebneri Batters,  =Audouinella brebneri (Batters) Dixon)

Acrochaetium chylocladiae (Batters) Batters
(=Audouinella chylocladiae (Batters) Dixon)

Acrochaetium corymbiferum (Thuret in La Jolis) Batters 
(=Chantransia corymbifera
Thuret in La Jolis,  =Audouinella corymbifera (Thuret in La Jolis) Dixon)

Acrochaetium efflorescens (Agardh) Nageli
(=Audouinella efflorescens (Agardh) Papenfuss)

Acrochaetium endozoicum (Darbishire) Batters
(=Chantransia endozoica Darbishire,  =Audouinella endozoica (Darbishire) Dixon)

Acrochaetium infestans Howe & Hoit
(=Audouinella infestans (Howe & Hoit) Dixon)

Acrochaetium lorrain-smithiae (Lyle) Newton
(=Audouinella lorrain-smithiae (Lyle) Dixon)

Acrochaetium microscopicum (Naegeli in Kuetzing) Naegeli 
(=Callithamnion microscopicum
Naegeli in Kuetzing, =Audouinella microscopica (Naegeli in Kuetzing) Woelkerling)

Acrochaetium minimum Collins
(=Audouinella minima (Collins) South,  =Audouinella emergens (Rosenvinge) Dixon,  =Acrochaetium mirabilis (Suhr) Nageli) 

Acrochaetium nemalii (De Notari ex Dufour) Bornet
(=Audouinella (De Notari ex Dufour) Bornet)

Acrochaetium parvulum (Kylin) Hoyt
(=Audouinella parvula (Kylin) Dixon)

Acrochaetium rosulatum (Rosenvinge) Papenfuss
(=Audouinella rosulata (Rosenvinge) Dixon)

Acrochaetium sanctae-mariae (Darbishire) Hamel
(=Audouinella sanctae-mariae (Darbishire) Dixon)

Acrochaetium savianum (Meneghini) Nageli
(=Chantransia thuretii (Bornet) Kylin,  =Audouinella thuretii (Bornet) Woelkerlng,  =Audouinella saviana (Meneghini) Woelkerling)

Acrochaetium scapae (Lyle) Papenfuss
(=Audouinella scapae (Lyle) Dixon)

Acrochaetium secundatum (Lyngbye) Naegeli 
(=Callithamnion daviesii
(Dillwin) Lyngbye f. secundatum Lyngbye, =Chantransia secundata (Lyngbye) Thuret in Le Jolis, =Audouinella secundata (Lyngbye) Dixon, =Acrochaetium virgulatum f. secundata (Lyngbye) Rosevinge)

Acrochaetium seiriolanum (Gibson) Rosenvinge
(=Rhodochorton seiriolanum Gibson,  =Audouinella seiriolana (Gibson) Dixon)

Acrochaetium sparsum (Carmichael ex Harvey) Nageli
(=Audouinella sparsa (Harvey) Dixon)

Acrochaetium trifilum (Buffham) Batters
(=Chantransia trifila Buffham,  =Audouinella trifila (Buffham) Dixon)

Acrochaetium virgatulum (Harvey) Bornet 
(=Callithamnion virgatulum
Harvey, =Audouinella virgatula (Harvey) Dixon,  =Chantransia virgatula (Harvey) Thuret,  =Audouinella rhipidandra (Rosenvinge) Dixon)

Rhodochorton concescens Drew
(=Audouinella concrescens (Drew) Dixon)

Rhodochorton membranaceum (Magnus) Hauck
(=Audouinella membranacea (Magnus) Papenfuss)

Rhodochorton purpureum (Lightfoot) Rosenvinge
(=Audouinella purpurea (Lightfoot) Woelkerling,  =Rhodochorton rothii (Turton) Nageli,  =Rhodochorton parasiticum Batters)

Schmitziella endophloea Bornet & Batters
Hardy & Guiry suggest further investigations to determine the taxonomic position of this Species.

Ahnfeltiales
Ahnfeltia plicata (Hudson) Fries
(=Sterrocolax decipiens Schmitz,  =Porphyrodiscus simulans Batters)
Bangiales

Bangia atropurpurea (Roth) Agardh 
(=Conferva atropurpurea
Roth,  =Bangia fuscopurpurea (Dillwyn) Lyngbye)

Porphyra amplissima (Kyellman) Setchell & Hus ex Hus

Porphyra dioica Brodie & Irvine

Porphyra drachii Feldmann

Porphyra leucosticta Thuret in Le Jolis

Porphyra linearis Greville

Porphyra purpurea (Roth) Agardh
(=Porphyra amethistea Kuetzing)

Porphyra umbilicalis (Linnaeus) Agardh 
(=Ulva umbilicalis
Linnaeus)

Bonnemaisoniales

Asparagopsis armata Harvey  
(="Falkenbergia rufolanosa
(Harvey) Schmitz in Engler & Prantl"  ="Polysiphonia rufolanosa Harvey" tetrasporophytic stage)

Bonnemaisonia asparagoides (Woodward) Agardh 
(=Fucus asparagoides
Woodward,  ="Hymenoclonium serpens" Batters, tetrasporophyte phase)

Bonnemaisonia clavata Hamel

Bonnemaisonia hamifera Hariot  
(="Trailliella intricata
" Batters, tetrasporophyte phase)

Naccaria wiggii (Turner) Endlicher 
(=Fucus wiggii
Turner)

Ceramiales - Ceramiaceae

Aglaothamnion bipinnatum (Crouan & Crouan) Feldmann-Mazoyer

Aglaothamnion diaphanum L'Hardy-Halos & Maggs

Aglaothamnion feldmanniae Halos
(=Callithamnion feldmanniae (Halos) South & Titley)

Aglaothamnion gallicum (Nageli) Halos ex Ardrè

Aglaothamnion hookeri (Dillwyn) Maggs & Hommersand
(=Aglaothamnion brodiaei
(Harvey in Hooker) Feldmann-Mazoyer, =Callithamnion brodiaei Harvey in Hooker,  =Callithamnion polyspermum Agardh,  =Callithamnion brodiaei Harvey in Hooker,  =Callithamnion hookeri (Dillwyn) Gray,  =Callithamnion scopulorum Agardh)

Aglaothamnion priceanum Maggs, Guiry & Rueness

Aglaothamnion pseudobyssoides (Crouan & Crouan) Halos

Aglaothamnion roseum (Roth) Maggs & L'Hardy-Halos 
(=Callithamnion roseum (Roth) Lyngbye)

Aglaothamnion sepositum (Gunnerus) Maggs& Hommersand
(=Callithamnion sepositum (Gunnerus) Dixon & Price,  =Callithamnion arbuscula (Dillwyn) Lyngbye)

Aglaothamnion tenuissimum (Bonnemaison) Feldmann-Mazoyer
(=Callithamnion byssoides Arnott ex Harvey,  =Callithamnion furcellariae Agardh,  =Callithamnion tenuissimum (Bonnemaison) Kuetzing,  =Aglaothamnion byssoides (Arnott ex Harvey) L'Hardy-Halos & Rueness,  =Aglaothamnion furellariae (Agardh) Feldmann-Mazoyer)

Aglaothamnion tripinnatum (Grateulop ex Agardh) Feldmann-Mazoyer 
(=Callithamnion tripinnatum
Grateulop ex Agardh)

Anotrichium barbatum (Smith) Naegeli 
(=Conferva barbata
Smith,  =Griffithsia barbata (Smith) Agardh)

Anotrichium furcellatum (Agardh) Baldock

Antithamnion cruciatum (Agardh) Naegeli 
(=Callithamnion cruciatum
Agardh,  =Antithamnion cruciatum var. profundum Coppejans,   =Antithamnion cruciatum var. cruciatum f. radicans Coppejans)

Antithamnion densum (Suhr) Howe

Antithamnion villosum (Kuetzing) Athanasiadis

Antithamnionella floccosa (Mueller) Whittick
(=Antithamnion floccosum (Mueller) Kleen

Antithamnionella spirographidis (Schiffner) Wollaston
(=Antithamnion spirographidis Schiffner)

Antithamnionella ternifolia (Hooker & Harvey) Lyle
(=Antithamnionella sarniensis Lyle)

Bornetia secundiflora (Agardh) Thuret 
(=Griffithsia secundiflora
Agardh)

Callithamnion corymbosum (Smith) Lyngbye 
(=Conferva corymbosa
Smith)

Callithamnion granulatum (Ducluzeau) Agardh 
(=Ceramium granulatum
Ducluzeau,  =Callithamnion spongiosum Harvey)

Callithamnion tetragonum (Withering) Gray
(=Callithamnion fruticulosum Agardh) 

Callithamnion tetricum (Dillwyn) Gray

Ceramium arborescens Agardh

Ceramium areschougii Kylin

Ceramium botryocarpum Griffiths ex Harvey

Ceramium ciliatum (Ellis) Ducluzeau 
(=Conferva ciliata
Ellis)

Ceramium cimbricum Petersen
(=Ceramium fastigiatum Harvey nom.illeg.)

Ceramium cingulatum Weber van Bosse

Ceramium circinatum (Kuetzing) Agardh  
(=Hermoceras circinatum
Kuetzing,  =Ceramium decurrens Harvey)

Ceramium derbesii Solier ex Kuetzing

Ceramium deslongchampsii Chauvin ex Duby
(=Ceramium strictum (Kuetzing) Rabenhorst nom.illeg.)

Ceramium diaphanum (Lightfoot) Roth 
(=Conferva diaphana
Lightfoot,  =Ceramium tenuissimum (Roth) Areschoug nom.illeg.  =Ceramium gracillimum (Kuetzing) Zanardini nom.illeg. =Callithamnion gracillimum Harvey in Hooker,  =Ceramium thuioides (Smith) Schmitz))

Ceramium echinotum Agardh

Ceramium flaccidum (Harvey ex Kuetzing) Ardissone 
(=Hormoceras flaccidum
Harvey ex Kuetzing, =Ceramium gracillimum Griffiths & Harvey in Harvey var. byssoideum (Harvey) Mazoyer,  =Ceramium byssoideum Harvey)

Ceramium fruticulosum (Kuetzng) Agardh

Ceramium gaditanum (Clemente) Cremades
(=Ceramium flabelligerum Agardh)

Ceramium pallidum (Nageli ex Kuetzing) Maggs & Hommersand

Ceramium pedicellatum (Duby) Agardh nom.illeg.

Ceramium secundatum Lyngbye

Ceramium shuttleorthianum (Kuetzing) Rabenhorst
(=Acanthoceras shuttleorthianum Kuetzing,  =Ceramium acanthonotum (Carmichael ex Harvey Agardh)

Ceramium siliquosum (Kuetzing) Maggs & Hommersand
(=Hormoceras siliquosum Kuetzing)

Ceramium tenue Agardh

Ceramium vimeneum Agardh

Ceramium virgatum Roth
(=Conferva nodulosa Lightfoot,  =Ceramium nodulosum (Lightfoot) Ducluzeau,  =Ceramium rubrum Agardh,  =Conferva rubra Hudson,  =Ceramium derbesii Solier ex Kuetzing)

Compsothamnion decompositum (Agardh) Maggs & L'Hardy-Halos
(=Callithamnion decompositum Agardh)

Compsothamnion gracillimum (Harvey in Hooker) Naegeli 
(=Callithamnion gracillimum
Harvey in Hooker)

Compsothamnion thuioides (Smith) Nageli
(=Ceramium thuioides (Smith) Schmitz)

Crouania attenuata (Bonnemaison ex Agardh) Agardh 
(=Mesogloia attenuata
Bonnemaison ex Agardh)

Griffithsia corallinoides (Linnaeus) Trevisan
(=Griffithsia corallina (Lightfoot) Agardh)

Griffithsia devoniensis Harvey

Griffithsia schousboei Montagne

Gulsonia nodulosa (Ercegovich) Feldmann & Feldmann 
(=Dudraesnaya nodulosa
Ercegovic,  =Gulsonia mediterranea Kylin,  =Crouania annulata Berthold,   =Crouaniopsis annulata (Berthold) Feldmann & Feldmann)

Halurus equisetifolius (Lightfoot) Kuetzing

Halurus flosculosus (Ellis) Maggs & Hommersand
(=Griffithsia flosculosa (Ellis) Batters ex Newton,  =Conferva flosculosa Ellis)

Microcladia glandulosa (Solander ex Turner) Greville 
(=Fucus glandulosus
Solander ex Turner)

Monosporus pedicellatus (Smith) Solier in Castagne 
(=Conferva pedicellata
Smith,  =Corynospora pedicellata (Smith) Agardh,  =Neomonospora pedicellata (Smith) Feldmann & Meslin)

Pleonosporium borreri (Smith) Naegeli 
(=Conferva borreri
Smith)

Plumaria plumosa (Hudson) Kuntze
(=Plumaria elegans (Bonnemaison) Schmitz)

Pterothamnion crispum (Ducluzeau) Naegeli 
(=Ceramium crispum
Ducluzeau,  =Antithamnion plumula (Ellis) Thuret var. crispum (Ducluzeau) Hauck)

Pterothamnion plumula (Ellis) Naegeli 
(=Conferva plumula
Ellis,   =Antithamnion plumula (Ellis) Thuret  =Platythamnion plumula (Ellis) Boudouresque, Augier & Verlaque)

Pterothamnion polyacanhum (Kuetzing) Nageli
(=Callithamnion polyacanthum Kuetzing)

Ptilota gunneri Silva, Maggs & Irvine
(=Ptilota plumosa (Linnaeus) Agardh)

Ptilothamnion pluma (Dillwyn) Thuret in Le Jolis 
(=Conferva pluma
Dillwyn,  =Ptilothamnion micropterum (Montagne) Bornet ex Sauvageau,  =Spermothamnion barbatum (Agardh) Nageli,  =Ptilothamnion lucifugum Cotton,  =Spermothamnion mesocarpum (Carmichael) Chemin)

Ptilothamnion sphaericum (Crouan & Crouan ex Agardh) Maggs & Hommesand

Scagelia pylaisaei Montagne (Wynne)

Scagelothamnion pusillum (Ruprecht) Athanasiadis
(=Scagelia pusilla (Ruprecht) Athanasiadis ex Maggs & Hommersand)

Seirospora interrupta (Smith) Schmitz 
(=Conferva interrupta
Smith)

Spermothamnion repens (Dillwyn) Rosevinge 
(=Conferva repens
Dillwyn,  =Spermothamnion turneri (Agardh) Areshoug)

Spermothamnion strictum (Agardh) Ardissone

Spondylothamnion multifidum (Hudson) Naegeli 
(=Conferva multifida
Hudson)

Spyridia filamentosa (Wulfen) Harvey in Hooker 
(=Fucus filamentosus
Wulfen)

Ceramiales - Dasyaceae

Dasya corymbifera Agardh

Dasya hutchinsiae Harvey in Hooker 
(=Dasya arbuscula
Harvey)

Dasya ocellata (Grateulop) Harvey in Hooker 
(=Ceramium ocellatum
Grateulop)

Dasya punicea (Zanardini) Meneghini ex Zanardini

Heterosiphonia plumosa (Ellis) Batters
(=Heterosiphonia coccinea (Hudson) Falkenberg)

Ceramiales - Delesseriaceae

Acrosorium venulosum (Zanardini) Kylin)
(=Acrosorium uncinatum
(Turner) Kylin,  =Fucus laceratus var. uncinatus Turner)

Apoglossocolax pusilla Maggs & Hommersand

Apoglossum ruscifolium (Turner) Agardh 
(=Fucus ruscifolius
Turner,  =Delesseria ruscifolia (Turner) Lamouroux)

Asterocolax erythroglossi Feldmann & Feldmann

Cryptopleura ramosa (Hudson) Kylin ex Newton

Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) Lamouroux

Drachiella heterocarpa (Chauvin ex Duby) Maggs & Hommersand
(=Myriogramme heterocarpum (Chauvin ex Duby) Ernst & Feldmann

Drachiella minuta (Kylin) Maggs & Hommersand
(=Myriogramme minuta Kylin)

Drachiella spectabilis Ernst & Feldmann

Erythroglossum laciniatum (Lightfoot) Maggs & Hommersand
(=Polyneura gmelinii (Lamouroux) Kylin)

Gonimophyllum buffhamii Batters

Haraldiophyllum bonnemaisonii (Kylin) Zinova
(=Myriogramme bonnemaisonii Kylin,  =Nitphyllum bonnemaisonii (Kylin) Kylin)

Hypoglossum hypoglossoides (Stackhouse) Collins & Harvey 
(=Fucus hypoglossoides
Stackhouse,  =Hypoglossum woodwardii Kuetzing)

Membranoptera alata (Hudson) Stackhouse
(=Delesseria alata (Hudson) Lamouroux)

Nitophyllum punctatum (Stackhouse) Greville 
(=Ulva punctata
Stackhouse)

Phycodris rubens (Linnaeus) Batters
(=Delesseria sinuosa (Goodenough & Woodward) Lamouroux)

Polyneura bonnemaisonii (Agardh) Maggs & Hommersand
(=Polyneura hilliae (Greville) Kylin)

Radicilingua thysanorhizans (Holmes) Papenfuss
(=Radicilingua thysanorhizans Holmes,  =Radicilingua thysanorhizans (Holmes) Kylin)

Ceramiales - Rhodomelaceae

Boergeseniella fruticulosa (Wulfen) Kylin
(=Polysiphonia fruticulosa (Wulfen) Sprengel,  =Pterosiphonia fruticulosa (Wulfen) Batten)

Boergeseniella thuyoides (Harvey) Kylin
(=Pterosiphonia thuyoides (Harvey) Schmitz)

Bostrychia scorpioides (Hudson) Montagne ex Kuetzing

Brongniartella byssoides (Goodenough & Woodward) Schmitz 
(=Fucus byssoides
Goodenough & Woodward)

Chondria capillaris (Hudson) Wynne 
(=Chondria tenuissima
(Goodenough & Woodward) Agardh,  =Fucus tenuissimus Goodenough & Woodward)

Chondria coerulescens (Agardh) Falkenberg

Chondria dasyphylla (Woodward) Agardh 
(=Fucus dasyphyllus
Woodward)

Halopithys incurva (Hudson) Batters 
(=Halopithys pinastroides
(Gmelin) Kuetzing). 
The Generic name is often written, incorrectly, "Halopitys".

Laurencia obtusa (Hudson) Lamouroux 
(=Fucus obtusus
Hudson)

Laurencia pyramidalis Bory ex Kuetzing

Lophosiphonia reptabunda (Suhr) Kylin

Odonthalia dentata (Linnaeus) Lyngbye

Osmundea hybrida (De Candolle) Nam
(=Laurencia hybrida (De Candolle) Lestiboudois,  =Laurencia caespitosa Lamouroux)

Osmundea osmunda (Gmelin) Nam & Maggs
(=Laurencia pinnatifida var. osmunda (Turner) Kuetzing,  =Laurencia osmunda (Gmelin) Maggs & Hommersand)

Osmundea pinnatifida (Hudson) Stackhouse
(=Laurencia pinnatifida (Gmelin) Lamouroux,  =Fucus pinnatifidus Gmelin)

Osmundea ramosissima (Oeder) Athanasiadis

Osmundea truncata (Kuetzing) Nam & Maggs
(=Laurencia truncata Kuetzing)

Polysiphonia atlantica Kapraun & Norris
(=Polysiphonia macrocarpa Harvey nom.illeg.)

Polysiphonia brodiei (Dillwin) Sprengel

Polysiphonia ceramiaeformis Crouan & Crouan

Polysiphonia denudata (Dillwyn) Greville ex Harvey in Hooker
(=Conferva denudata
Dillwyn,  =Polysiphonia variegata (Agardh) Zanardini,  =Polysiphonia divergens Agardh,  =Polysiphonia variegata (Agardh) Zanardini f. divergens (Agardh) De Toni)

Polysiphonia devoniensis Maggs & Hommersand

Polysiphonia elongata (Hudson) Harvey 
(=Conferva elongata
Hudson)

Polysiphonia elongella Harvey

Polysiphonia fibrata (Dillwin) Harvey

Polysiphonia fibrillosa (Dillwin) Sprengel
(=Polysiphonia richardsonii Hooker ex Harvey,  =Polysiphonia spinulosa Greville)

Polysiphonia foetidissima Cocks ex Bornet

Polysiphonia fucoides (Hudson) Greville
(=Polysiphonia violacea (Roth) Sprengel,  =Polysiphonia nigrescens (Hudson) Greville ex Harvey)

Polysiphonia furcellata (Agardh) Harvey 
(=Hutchinsia furcellata
Agardh)

Polysiphonia harveyi Bailey
(=Polysiphonia insidiosa (Agardh) Crouan & Crouan nom.illeg.)

Polysiphonia lanosa (Linnaeus) Tandy
(=Polysiphonia fastigiata (Roth) Greville)

Polysiphonia nigra (Hudson) Batters
(=Polysiphonia atrorubescens (Dillwyn) Greville)

Polysiphonia opaca (Agardh) Moris & De Notaris

Polysiphonia simulans Harvey

Polysiphonia stricta (Dillwy) Greville
(=Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville,  =Polysiphonia spiralis Batten)

Polysiphonia subulifera (Agardh) Harvey 
(=Hutchinsia subulifera
Agardh)

Pterosyphonia andreana Maggs & Hommersand

Pterosyphonia complanata (Clemente) Falkenberg

Pterosyphonia parasitica (Hudson) Falkenberg

Pterosyphonia pennata (Agardh) Falkenberg 
(=Hutchinsia pennata
Agardh,  =Polysiphonia pennata (Agardh) Agardh)

Pterosyphonia pinnulata (Kuetzing) Maggs & Hommersand

Rhodomela confervoides (Hudson) Silva
(=Rhodomela subfusca (Woodward) Agardh)

Rhodomela lycopodioides (Linnaeus) Agardh

Colaconematales
Colaconema asparagopsis Chemin
(=Acrochaetium asparagopsis (Chein) Papenfuss,  =Audouinella asparagopsis (Chemin) Dixon)

Colaconema bonnemaisoniae Batters
(=Acrochaetion bonnemaisoniae (Batters) Feldmann & Feldmann,  =Audouinella bonnemaisoniae (Batters) Dixon)

Colaconema caespitosum (Agardh) Jackelman, Stegenga & Bolton
(=Audouinella botryocarpa (Harvey) Woelkerling,  =Audouinella caespitosa (Agardh) Dixon,  =Acrochaetion caespitosum (Agardh) Nageli)
Hardy & Guiry suggest frther investigations both at the Genus and Species level.

Colaconema daviesii (Dillwyn) Nageli
(=Acrochaetium daviesii (Dillwyn) Nageli,  = Audouinella daviesii (Dillwin) Woelkerling,  =Chantransia daviesii (Dillwyn) Thuret)

Colaconema endophyticum (Batters) Harper & Saunders
(=Acrochaetium endophyticum Batters,  = Audouinella daviesii (Batters) Dixon)

Corallinales

Boreolithion van-heurckii (Heydrich) Harvey & Woelkerling
(=Melobesia van-heurckii (Heydrich) De Toni)

Choreonema thuretii (Bornet) Schmitz 
(=Melobesia thuretii
Bornet)

Corallina elongata Ellis & Solander 
(=Corallina mediterranea
Areschoug in Agardh)

Corallina officinalis Linnaeus

Exilicrusta parva Chamberlain

Haliptilon squamatum (Linnaeus) Johansen, Irvine & Webster
(=Corallina squamata Linnaeus)

Hydrolithon boreale (Foslie) Chamberlain

Hydrolithon cruciatum (Bressan) Chamberlain

Hydrolithon farinosum
(=Fosliella farinosa (Lamouroux) Howe in Britton & Millspaugh,  =Melobesia farinosa Lamouroux)

Hydrolithon samoense (Foslie) Keats & Chamberlain

Hydrolithon sargassi (Foslie) Chamberlain
(=Pneophyllum sargassi (Foslie) Chamberlain)

Jania rubens (Linnaeus) Lamouroux 
(=Corellina rubens
Linnaeus)

Leptophytum bornetii (Foslie) Adey

Leptophytum elatum Chamberlain

Leptophytum laeve (Foslie) Adey
(=Lithothamnion laeve Foslie)

Lithophyllum crouaniorum Foslie

Lithophyllum dentatum (Kuetzing) Foslie

Lithophyllum duckerae Woelkerling

Lithophyllum fasciculatum (Lamark) Foslie 
(=Millepora fasciculata
Lamark)

Lithophyllum hibernicum Foslie

Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi 
(=Spongites incrustans
Kuetzing)

Lithophyllum lichenoides Philippi 
(=Lithophyllum tortuosum auct. sensu
Lemoine, non (Esper) Foslie,  =Tenarea tortuosa (Esper) Lemoine)

Lithophyllum nitorum Adey & Adey

Lithophyllum orbiculatum (Foslie) Foslie

Lithothamnion corallioides Crouan & Crouan 
(=Lithothamnion solutum
(Foslie) Foslie,  =Lithophyllum solutum (Foslie) Lemoine,  =Mesophyllum corallioides (Crouan & Crouan) Lemoine)

Lithothamnion glaciale Kjellman
(=Lithothamnion colliculosum
Foslie,  =Lithothamnion granii (Foslie) Foslie)

Lithothamnion lemoineae Adey

Lithothamnion sonderi Hauck

Melobesia membranacea (Esper) Lamouroux 
(=Corallina membranacea
Esper, =Epilithon membranacea (Esper) Heydrich)

Mesophyllum lichenoides (Ellis) Lemoine  
(=Corallium lichenoides
Ellis,  =Lithothamnion lichenoides (Ellis) Foslie)

Phymatolithon brunneum Chamberlain

Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) Adey & McKibbin 
(=Millepora calcarea
Pallas,  =Lithothamnion calcareum (Pallas) Areshoug,  =Phymatolithon polymorphum (Linnaeus) Foslie,  =Lithothamnion polymorphum (Linnaeus) Areschoug,  =Millepora polymorpha (Linnaeus) Areshoug in Agardh)

Phymatolithon laevigatum (Foslie) Foslie
(=Lithothamnion laevigatum Foslie,  =Lithothamnion emboloides Heydrich)

Phymatolithon lamii (Lemoine) Chamberlain
(=Lithophyllum lamii Lemoine,  =Lithophyllum melobesioides Crouan & Crouan ex Lemoine,  =Lithophyllum rugulosum Adey)

Phymatolithon lenormandii (Areshoug in Agardh) Adey 
(=Melobesia lenormandii
Areshoug in Agardh,  =Lithophyllum lenormandii (Areshoug in Agardh) Rosanoff,  =Lithothamnion lenormandii (Areshoug in Agardh) Foslie,  =Lithothamnion squamulosum Foslie)

Phymatolithon purpureum (Crouan & Crouan) Woelkerling & Irvine
Hardy & Guiry remark that Phymatolithon purpureum has been reported as Phymatolithon polymorphum (Linnaeus) Foslie and Lithothamnion polymorphum (Linnaeus) Areschoug. But the type of these Species was actually Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) Adey & McKibbin

Pneophyllum confervicola (Kuetzing) Chamberlain
(=Fosliella minutula (Foslie) Ganesan,  =Melobesia minutula Foslie)

Pneophyllum coronatum (Rosanoff) Penrose
(=Pneophyllum caulerpae (Foslie) Jones & Woelkerling,  =Fosliella tenuis Adey & Adey)

Pneophyllum fragile Kuetzing 
(=Pneophyllum lejolisii
(Rosanoff) Chamberlain,  =Melobesia lejolisii Rosanoff,  =Fosliella lejolisii (Rosanoff) Howe)

Pneophyllum limitatum (Foslie) Chamberlain
(=Fosliella limitata (Foslie) Rueness)

Pneophyllum lobescens Chamberlain
(=Pneophyllum plurivalidatum Chamberlain)

Pneophyllum myriocarpum (Crouan & Crouan) Chamberlain

Titanoderma corallinae (Crouan & Crouan) Woelkerling, Chamberlain & Silva
(=Melobesia corallinae Crouan & Crouan,  =Dermatolithon corallinae (Crouan & Crouan) Foslie, =Lithophyllum corallinae (Crouan & Crouan) Heydrich)

Titanoderma laminariae (Crouan & Crouan) Chamberlain
(=Dermatolithon laminariae (Crouan & Crouan) Foslie)

Titanoderma pustulatum (Lamouroux) Naegeli 
(=Melobesia pustulata
Lamouroux,  =Dermatolithon pustulatum (Lamouroux) Foslie,  =Melobesia confinis Crouan & Crouan,  =Dermatolithon confine (Crouan & Crouan) Boudouresque et al.  =Tenarea confinis (Crouan & Crouan) Adey & Adey,  =Dermatolithon hapalidioides (Crouan & Crouan) Foslie f. confine (Crouan & Crouan) Foslie,  =Dermatolithon litorale (Suneson) Hamel & Lemoine,  =Dermatolithon hapalioides (Crouan & Crouan) Foslie,  =Lithophyllum hapalioides (Crouan & Crouan) Foslie,  =Lithophyllum adplicitum (Foslie) Newton)

Titanoderma pustulatum var. cancellatum (Kuetzing) Chamberlain 

Titanoderma pustulatum var. confine (Crouan & Crouan) Chamberlain 

Titanoderma pustulatum var. macrocarpum (Rosanoff) Chamberlain 

Cryptonemiales

Cryptonemia hibernica Guiry & Irvine

Cryptonemia seminervis (Agardh) Agardh

Dermocorynus montagnei Crouan & Crouan

Grateulopia dichotoma Agardh

Grateulopia filicina (Lamouroux) Agardh 
(=Delesseria filicina
Lamouroux,  =Grateulopia minima Crouan & Crouan)

Grateulopia turuturu Yamada

Halymenia floresia (Clemente) Agardh 
(=Fucus floresius
Clemente)

Halymenia latifolia Crouan & Crouan in Loyd ex Kuetzing

Erythropeltidales

Erythrocladia irregularis Rosenvinge

Erythropeltis dulcigera (Berthold) Schmitz

Erythrotrichia bertholdii Batters

Erythrotrichia carnea (Dillwin) Agardh 
(=Conferva carnea
Dillwyn)

Erythrotrichia investiens (Zanardini) Bornet

Erythrotrichia reflexa (Crouan & Crouan) Thuret ex De Toni

Erythrotrichia welwitschii (Ruprecht) Batters

Porphyropsis coccinea (Agard ex Areschoug) Rosenvinge
(=Porphyra coccinea Agard ex Areschoug)

Porphyrostromium boryanum (Montagne) Silva
(=Erythrotrichia boryana (Montagne) Berthold,  =Erythrotrichopeltis boryana (Montagne) Kornmann)

Porphyrostromium ciliare (Carmichael) Winne
(=Erythrotrichia ciliare (Carmichael) Thuret,  =Erythrotrichopeltis ciliare (Carmichael) Kornmann)

Sahlingia subintegra (Rosenvinge) Kornmann
(=Erythrocladia subintegra Rosenvinge,  =Erythropeltis subintegra (Rosenvinge) Kornmann & Sahling)

Gelidiales

Gelidiella calcicola Maggs & Guiry

Gelidium corneum (Hudson) Lamouroux
(=Gelidium sesquipedale (Clemente) Agardh)

Gelidium crinale (Turner) Lamouroux in Bory
(=Fucus crinalis
Turner,   =Acrocarpus crinalis Kuetzing)

Gelidium spinosum
(=Gelidium latifolium
(Greville) Bornet ex Bornet & Thuret,  =Gelidium attenuatum (Turner) Thuret)

Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kuetzing

Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis 
(=Fucus pusillus
Stackhouse)
Feldmann & Hamel accepted as different Species Gelidium crinale (Turner) Lamouroux in Bory, Gelidium pulchellum (Turner) Kuetzing and Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis: Dixon & Irvine, however, reduce these three taxa to the one Gelidium pusillum (Stackhouse) Le Jolis. Boudouresque suggests that Mediterranean specimens could be referred to the same species.

Pterocladiella capillacea (Gmelin) Santelices & Hommersand 
(=Fucus capillaceus
Gmelin,  =Pterocladia capillacea (Gmelin) Bornet ex Bornet & Thuret,  =Pterocladia pinnata (Hudson) Papenfuss,  =Gelidium corneum Lamouroux var. capillaceum Montagne)

Gigartinales

Ahnfeltiopsis devoniensis (Greville) Silva & De Crew
(=Fucus devoniensis Greville,  =Gymnogongrus devoniensis (Greville) Schotter)

Calliblepharis ciliata (Hudson) Kuetzing

Calliblepharis jubata (Goodenough & Woodward) Kuetzing 
(=Fucus jubatus
Goodenough & Woodward,  =Calliblepharis lanceolata Batters)

Callocolax neglectus Schmitz ex Batters

Callophyllis cristata (Agardh) Kuetzing

Callophyllis laciniata (Hudson) Kuetzing
(=Callophyllis flabellata Crouan & Crouan)

Calosiphonia vermicularis (Agardh) Schmitz 
(=Nemastoma vermicularis
Agardh)

Catenella caespitosa (Withering) Irvine 
(=Catenella opuntia
(Goodenough & Woodward) Greville,  =Catenella repens (Lightfoot) Batters)

Ceratocolax hartzii Rosenvinge

Chondrus crispus Stackhouse

Choreocolax polysiphoniae Reinsch

Coccotylus truncatus (Pallas) Wynne & Heine
(=Phyllophore brodiei (Turner) Endlicher,  =Actinococcus subcutaneus (Lyngbye ex Hornemann) Rosenvinge,  =Phyllophora truncata (Pallas) Zinova

Condracanthus acicularis (Roth) Fredericq 
(=Gigartina acicularis
(Roth) Lamouroux =Ceramium aciculare Roth)

Condracanthus teedei (Roth) Lamouroux
(=Gigartina teedei (Roth) Lamouroux). 
Often but incorrectly written "teedii"Cruoria cruoriaeformis (Crouan & Crouan) Denizot 
(=Contarinia cruoriaeformis
Crouan & Crouan,  =Contarinia purpurea Crouan & Crouan)

Cruoria pellita (Lyngbye) Fries
(=Cruoria adhaerens Crouan & Crouan ex Agardh)

Cystoclonium purpureum (Hudson) Batters
(=Cystoclonium purpurascens (Hudson) Kuetzing)

Dilsea carnosa (Schmidel) Kuntze
(=Dilsea edulis (Stackhouse) Stackhouse)

Dudresnaya verticillata (Withering) Le Jolis 
(=Ulva verticillata
Withering)

Dumontia contorta (Gmelin) Ruprecht
(=Dumontia incrassata (Mueller) Lamouroux,  =Dumontia filiformis (Hornemann) Greville

Erythrodermis traillii (Holmes & Batters) Guiry & Garbary
(=Phyllophora traillii Holmes & Batters,  =Erythrodermis allenii Batters)

Furcellaria lumbricalis (Hudson) Lamouroux
(=Furcellaria fastigiata (Linnaus) Lamouroux)

Gigartina pistillata (Gmelin) Stackhouse

Gloiosiphonia  capillaris (Hudson) Carmichael

Gymnogongrus crenulatus (Turner) Agardh

Gymnogongrus griffithsiae (Turner) Martius 
(=Fucus griffithsiae
Turner)

Halarachnion ligulatum (Woodward) Kuetzing 
(=Ulva lingulata
Woodward,  =Cruoria rosea (Crouan & Crouan) Crouan & Crouan)

Haemescharia hennedyi (Harvey) Vinoradova & Yacovleva
(=Petrocelis hennedyi (Harvey) Batters)

Harveyella mirabilis (Reinsch) Schmitz & Reine

Hypnea cervicornis Agardh

Hypnea musciformis (Wulfen in Jacquin) Lamouroux 
(=Fucus musciformis
Wulfen in Jacquin)

Itonoa marginifera (Agardh) Masuda & Guiry
(=Platoma marginifera (Agardh) Batters)

Kallymenia reniformis (Turner) Agardh
(=Kallymenia larterae Holmes)

Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry
(=Gigartina mamillosa (Goodenough & Woodward) Agardh,  =Gigartina stellata (Stackhouse) Batters,  ="Petrocelis cruenta", sporophytic stage)

Meredithia microphylla (Agardh) Agardh 
(=Kallymenia microphylla
Agardh)

Nemastoma canariense (Kuetzing) Agardh

Peyssonnelia armorica (Crouan & Crouan) Weber-van Bosse 
(=Cruoriella armorica
Crouan & Crouan)

Peyssonnelia atropurpurea Crouan & Crouan

Peyssonnelia dubyi Crouan & Crouan
(=Cruoriella dubyi (Crouan & Crouan) Schmitz

Peyssonnelia harveyana Agardh

Peyssonnelia immersa Maggs & Irvine

Peyssonnelia rubra (Greville) Agardh 
(=Zonaria rubra
Greville)

Peyssonnelia squamaria (Gmelin) Decaisne 
(=Fucus squamaria
Gmelin)

Phyllophora heredia (Clemente) Agardh

Phyllophora crispa (Hudson) Dixon
(=Colacolepis incrustans Schmitz,  =Phyllophora rubens (Goodenough & Woodward) Grevlle,  =Phyllophora epiphylla (Mueller) Batters

Phyllophora pseudoceranoides (Gmelin) Newroth & Taylor 
(=Phyllophora membranifolia
(Goodenough & Woodward) Agardh

Phyllophora sicula (Kuetzing) Guiry & Irvine
(=Phyllophora palmettoides Agardh)

Pikea californica Harvey

Plagiospora gracilis Kuckuck
(=Cruoriopsis gracilis (Kuckuck) Batters)

Polyides rotundus (Hudson) Greville

Rhodophyllis divaricata (Stackhouse) Papenfuss 
(=Bifida divaricata
Stackhouse,  =Rhodophyllis appendiculata Agardh,  =Rhodophyllis bifida (Goodenough & Woodward) Kuetzing)

Sarcodiotheca gaudichaudii (Montagne) Gabrielson

Schizimenia dubyi (Chauvin ex Duby) Agardh
(=Haematocelis rubens Agardh)

Schmitzia hiscockiana Maggs & Guiry

Schmitzia neapolitana (Berthold) Lagerheim ex Silva 
(=Calosiphonia neapolitana
Berthold,  =Bertholdia neapolitana (Berthold) Schmitz)

Schottera nicaeensis (Lamouroux ex Duby) Guiry & Hollemberg 
(=Halymenia nicaeensis
Lamouroux ex Duby, =Petroglossum nicaeense (Lamouroux ex Duby) Schotter, =Rhodimenia palmetta Greville var. nicaeensis Agardh)

Sebdenia dichotoma Berthold 
(=Chrysymenia dichotoma
Agardh,  =Halimenia dichotoma (Agardh) Agardh,  =Sebdenia feldmannii Codomier)

Solieria chordalis (Agardh) Agardh

Sphaerococcus coronopifolius Stackhouse
(=Haematocelis fissurata Crouan & Crouan)

Stenogramme interrupta (Agardh) Montagne ex Harvey

Tsengia bairdii (Farlow) Fan & Fan
(=Platoma bairdii (Farlow) Kuckuck)

Goniotrichales

Chroodactylon ornatum (Agardh) Drew & Ross 
(=Conferva ornata
Agardh,  =Asterocytis ornata (Agardh) Hamel,  =Asterocytis ramosa (Thwaites) Gobi ex Schmitz)

Colacodictyon reticulatum (Batters) Feldmann
(=Colaconema reticulatum Batters)

Stylonema alsidii (Zanardini) Drew
(=Bangia alsidii
Zanardini,  =Goniotrichum alsidii (Zanardini) Howe,  =Goniotrichum elegans (Chauvin) Le Jolis)

Stylonema cornu-cervi Reinsh
(=Goniotrichum cornu-cervi
(Reinsh) Hauck)

Gracilariales

Gracilaria bursa-pastoris (Gmelin) Silva 
(=Fucus bursa-pastoris
Gmelin,  =Gracilaria compressa (Agardh) Greville)

Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) Steentoft, Irvine & Farnham
(=Fucus verrucosus
Hudson,  =Gracilaria verrucosa (Hudson) Papenfuss,  =Gracilaria confervoides (Linnaeus) Greville)

Gracilaria multipartita (Clemente) Harvey 
(=Gracilaria foliifera
Forsskaal) Boergesen

Gracilariopsis longissima (Gmelin) Steentoft, Irvine & Farnham

Holmsella pachyderma (Reinsch) Sturch

Hildenbrandiales

Hildenbrandia canariensis Boergensen

Hildenbrandia crouaniorum Agardh

Hildenbrandia rubra (Sommerfeldt) Meneghini 
(=Hildenbrandia prototypus
Nardo)

Nemaliales

Liagora distenta (Maertens ex Roth) Agardh 
(=Fucus distentus
Maertens ex Roth)

Liagora viscida (Forsskaal) Agardh 
(=Fucus viscidus
Forsskaal)

Liagora tetrasporifera Boergesen

Helminthocladia calvadosii (Lamouroux ex Duby) Setchell
(=Helminthocladia purpurea (Harvey) Agardh)

Helminthora divaricata (Agardh) Agardh

Nemalion helminthoides (Velley in Withering) Batters 
(=Fucus helminthoides
Velley in Withering)

Scinaia complanata (Collins) Cotton 
(=Scinaia furcellata
(Turner) Agardh var. complanata Collins)

Scinaia furcellata (Turner) Agardh
(=Scinaia forcellata
Bivona,  =Ginnania furcellata Montagne)

Scinaia interrupta (De Candolle) Wynne
(=Scinaia turgida Chemin)

Palmariales
Halosacciocolax kjellmanii Lund

Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (Kjellman) Saunders & McLahlan
(=Audouinella spetsbergensis (Kjellman) Woelkerling)

Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) Kuntze
(=Rhodymenia palmata (Linnaeus) Greville)

Rhodophysema elegans (Crouan & Crouan ex Agardh) Dixon
(=Rhododermis elegans Crouan & Crouan ex Agardh,  =Rhododermis polystromatica (Batters) Batters,  =Peyssonnelia rupestris Crouan & Crouan,  =Rhododermis parasitica Batters)

Rhodophysema feldmannii Cabioc'h

Rhodophysema georgei Batters 
(=Rhododermis georgei (Batters) Collins)

Rhodothamniella floridula (Dillwyn) Feldmann
(=Audouinella floridula (Dillwyn) Woelkerling,  =Rhodochorton floridulum (Dillwyn) Nageli)

Plocamiales
Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) Dixon 
(=Fucus cartilagineus
Linnaeus, =Plocamium coccineum (Hudson) Lyngbye,  =Plocamium vulgare Lamouroux, =Plocamium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) Dixon var. uncinatum (Agardh) Agardh)
Rhodymeniales

Champia parvula (Agardh) Harvey  
(=Chondria parvula
Agardh)

Chylocladia verticillata (Lightfoot) Bliding 
(=Fucus verticillatus
Lightfoot,   =Chylocladia kaliformis (Goodenough & Woodward) Greville in Hooker,   =Chylocladia squarrosa (Kuetzing) Le Jolis,   =Chylocladia unistratosa Ercegovic,   =Gastroclonium kaliforme (Goodenough & Woodward) Ardissone,   =Lomentaria squarrosa Kuetzing,   =Lomentaria kaliformis Gaillon,   =Chylocladia unistratosa Ercegovic,   =Chylocladia bistratosa Ercegovic)

Cordylecladia erecta (Greville) Agardh

Gastroclonium ovatum (Hudson) Papenfuss
(=Chylocladia ovalis (Hudson) Greville,  =Chylocladia ovata (Hudson) Batters)

Gastroclonium reflexum (Chauvin) Kuetzing 
(=Lomentaria reflexa
Chauvin, =Chylocladia reflexa (Chauvin) Lenormand)

Lomentaria articulata (Hudson) Lyngbye  
(=Ulva articulata
Hudson)

Lomentaria clavellosa (Turner) Gaillon 
(=Fucus clavellosus
Turner, =Chrysymenia clavellosa Agardh)

Lomentaria orcadensis (Harvey) Collins & Taylor
(=Lomentaria rosea (Harvey) Thuret ex Farlow,  =Chrysymenia rosea Harvey)

Rhodymenia ardissonei Feldmann 
(=Rhodimenia corallicila sensu
Ardissone non (Zanardini) Ardissone)

Rhodymenia delicatula Dangeard

Rhodymenia holmesii Ardissone

Rhodymenia pseudopalmata (Lamouroux) Silva
(=Rhodymenia palmetta (Lamouroux) Greville
Hardy & Guiry suggest that Rhodymenia pseudopalmata and Rhodymenia palmetta could be different species.

Porphyridiales
Neevea repens Batters

Porphyridiun purpureum (Bory) Drew & Ross

Rhodella maculata Evans

Special bibliography
Brodie J.A., Irvine L.M.  2003 - Seaweeds of the British Isles, Vol. I: Rhodophyta. Part 3b. British Museum, Natural History, London.

Cabioc'h J., Floc'h J.-Y., Le Toquin A. - Boudouresque C.-F., Meinesz A., Verlaque M. 1992 - Guide des Algues des Mers d'Europe. Delachaux et Niestlé, Paris.

Dixon P., Irvine L. M. 1977 - Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. I: Rhodophyta. Part 1. British Museum, Natural History, London.

Gayral P. 1966 - Les Algues des Cotes Francaises. Editions Doin, Paris.

Guiry M. D. 1977 - Studies on marine algae of the British Isles. 10. The Genus Rhodimenia. Brit. Phyc. J., 12:385-425.

Guiry M. D. 1978 - A Concensus and Bibliography of Irish Seaweeds. J. Cramer, Vaduz.

Guiry M. D. 1997 - Benthic red, brown and green algae. In: The Species Directory of the Marine Fauna and Flora of the British Isles and Surrounding Seas. Ulster Museum & Marine Conservation Society, Belfast & Ross-on-Wye

Hardy G., Guiry M.D., Arnold H. 2006 - A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society, London

Hishock S. 1984 - A Field Key to the British Red Seaweeds. FSC Publications, Shrewsbury, UK.

Irvine L. M. 1983 - Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. I: Rhodophyta. Part 2A. British Museum, Natural History, London.

Irvine L. M., Chamberlain Y. M. 1994 - Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. I: Rhodophyta. Part 2B. British Museum, Natural History, London.

Maggs C. A., Hommersand M.H. 1993 - Seaweeds of the British Isles. Vol. I: Rhodophyta. Part 3A. British Museum, Natural History, London.

Morton O. 1994 - Marine Algae of Northern Ireland. Ulster Museum, Belfast.

Newton L. 1931 - A Handbook of the British Seaweeds. British Museum, Natural History, London.