[organisms] see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Kingdom Algae L. (1753) see [unranked] Algae
     Phylum Phaeophycota see Class Phaeophyceae Hansgirg (1886)
       Class Phaeophyceae Hansgirg (1886) - brown algae
         Order Ectocarpales Bessey (1907)
           Family Ectocarpaceae C.Agardh (1828)
             Genus Herponema J.Agardh (1882)
               1 Herponema desmarestiae (H. Gran) Cardinal (1964)
               2 Herponema graniferum Kuckuck
               3 Herponema minutum Levring (1974)
               4 Herponema solitarium (Sauvageau) G. Hamel (1939)
               5 Herponema valiantei (Bornet ex Sauvageau) G. Hamel (1939)
               6 Herponema velutinum (Grev.) J.Agardh (1890)