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Ancestral taxa
Domain: Eukaryota /displayed  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Diaphoretickes /showdomain  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: CAM /showdomain  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Archaeplastida /showdomain  [Taxonomy; edit]
Clade: Rhodaria  [Taxonomy; edit]
Division: Rhodophyta  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subdivision: Eurhodophytina  [Taxonomy; edit]
Class: Florideophyceae  [Taxonomy; edit]
Subclass: Rhodymeniophycidae  [Taxonomy; edit]
Order: Gelidiales  [Taxonomy; edit]
Family: Pterocladiaceae  [Taxonomy; edit]
Genus: Pterocladia  [Taxonomy; edit]

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Parent: Pterocladiaceae [Taxonomy; edit]
Rank: genus (displays as Genus)
Link: Pterocladia
Extinct: no
Always displayed: yes (major rank)
Taxonomic references: Guiry MD, Guiry GM, eds. (2025). "Pterocladia J.Agardh, 1851". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
Parent's taxonomic references: Guiry MD, Guiry GM, eds. (2025). "Pterocladiaceae G.P. Felicini & C. Perrone, 2006". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 January 2026.