Phaeosaccionaceae

Phaeosaccion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
Superphylum:	Heterokonta
Class:	Chrysophyceae
Order:	Phaeothamniales
Family:	Phaeosaccionaceae
Genus:	Phaeosaccion Farlow
Species:	P. collinsii
Binomial name
Phaeosaccion collinsii Farlow

Phaeosaccion is a genus of brown algae with monostromatic tubular to saccate thalli, up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long and to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) wide. It is the sole genus in the family Phaeosaccionaceae. It is olive brown and resembles young plants of Scytosiphon. The sole species in the genus is Phaeosaccion collinsii, a species of marinebrown algae. It was first identified in a publication by W.G. Farlow in the article Notes on New England algae published in Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club in 1882. It was named in honor of Frank Shipley Collins.

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