living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
Status: extant
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
  Status: extant
     Kingdom Plantae Haeckel (1866) - plants
    Status: extant
       Subkingdom Thallobionta
      Status: extant
         Division Chromophycota see Phylum Chromophyta T.A.Chr. (1962), nom. nud.
        Status: extant
           Class Phaeophyceae Hansgirg (1886) - brown algae
          Status: extant
             Order Ectocarpales Bessey (1907)
            Status: extant
               Family Ectocarpaceae C.Agardh (1828)
              Status: extant
                 Genus Asteronema R. Delépine & A. Asensi (1975)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Bachelotia (E. Bornet) P. Kuckuck ex G. Hamel (1939)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Bodanella W. Zimmermann (1927)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Climacosorus C. Sauvageau (1934)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Ectocarpus Lyngbye (1819), nom. cons.
                Status: extant
                 Genus Endodictyon H. Gran (1897)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Entonema P.F. Reinsch (1874)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Epinema P. Dangeard (1962)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Feldmannia G. Hamel (1939)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Geminocarpus C. Skottsberg (1907)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Giffordia E.A. Batters (1893)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Gononema P. Kuckuck & C. Skottsberg (1921)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Hamelella F. Børgesen (1942)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Herponema J.Agardh (1882)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Kuckuckia G. Hamel (1939)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Kuetzingiella P. Kornmann (1956)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Laminariocolax H. Kylin (1947)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Mikrosyphar P. Kuckuck (1895)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Phaeostroma P. Kuckuck, in Reinbold (1893)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Pilayella Bory (1823)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Pilocladus P. Kornmann (1954)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Pleurocladia A.Braun, in L. Rabenh. (1855)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Pseudobodanella J. Gerloff (1967)
                Status: extant
                 ?Genus Pulvinaria Reinhard (1885), nom. illeg. see Genus Chrysoreinhardia nom. nud.
                Status: extant
                 Genus Spongonema F.T. Kützing (1849)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Streblonema A. Derbès & A. Solier, in L. Castagne (1851)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Streblonemopsis R. Valiante (1883)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Waerniella H. Kylin (1947)
                Status: extant
                 Genus Zosterocarpus E. Bornet (1890)
                Status: extant