{{short description|Genus of brown algae}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Algae japonicae Musei botanici lugduno-batavi (1870) (17950399681).jpg | image_alt = Stypopodium multipartitum (figs. 1-3) | image_caption = ''Stypopodium multipartitum'' (figs. 1-3) | taxon = Stypopodium | authority = J. Agardh, 1894<ref name=worms>{{cite WoRMS|author=Guiry, M.D. |year=2012 |title=''Stypopodium'' J. Agardh, 1894 |id=144091 |accessdate=2012-06-29}}</ref> | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Stypopodium atomarium'' <small>(Woodward) Kützing</small> *''Stypopodium attenuatum'' <small>Kützing, 1849</small> *''Stypopodium australasicum'' <small>(Zanardini) Allender & Kraft, 1983</small> *''Stypopodium flabelliforme'' <small>Weber-van Bosse, 1913</small> *''Stypopodium multipartitum'' <small>(Suhr) P.C.Silva, 1996</small> *''Stypopodium rabdoides'' <small>(Allender & Kraft) Kraft, 2009</small> *''Stypopodium schimperi'' <small>(Buchinger ex Kützing) Verlaque & Boudouresque, 1991</small> *''Stypopodium shameelii'' <small>M.Nizamuddin & K.Aisha</small> *''Stypopodium tubruqense'' <small>M.Nizamuddin & M.Godeh</small> *''Stypopodium zonale'' <small>(J.V.Lamouroux) Papenfuss, 1940</small> }}
'''''Stypopodium''''' is a genus of thalloid brown alga in the family Dictyotaceae. Members of the genus are found in shallow tropical and subtropical seas around Africa, Pakistan, India, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Micronesia, the Caribbean, Venezuela, and Brazil.<ref name=AlgaeBase>[https://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=33780 ''Stypopodium''] AlgaeBase. Retrieved 2012-06-29.</ref>
==Characteristics== The thalli are usually erect but sometimes prostrate, growing to a length of about {{convert|35|cm}}. They are attached to the substrate by a rhizoidal holdfast and often form bushy clumps. The blades are membranous and either wedge shaped or divided into linear segments. The sporangia are densely scattered over the surface of the blade or occur in irregularly-shaped sori, forming four spores.<ref name=AlgaeBase/>
==Species== The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:<ref name=worms/> *''Stypopodium atomarium'' <small>(Woodward) Kützing</small> *''Stypopodium australasicum'' <small>(Zanardini) Allender & Kraft, 1983</small> *''Stypopodium flabelliforme'' <small>Weber-van Bosse, 1913</small> *''Stypopodium multipartitum'' <small>(Suhr) P.C.Silva, 1996</small> *''Stypopodium rabdoides'' <small>(Allender & Kraft) Kraft, 2009</small> *''Stypopodium schimperi'' <small>(Buchinger ex Kützing) Verlaque & Boudouresque, 1991</small> *''Stypopodium shameelii'' <small>M.Nizamuddin & K.Aisha</small> *''Stypopodium tubruqense'' <small>M.Nizamuddin & M.Godeh</small> *''Stypopodium zonale'' <small>(J.V.Lamouroux) Papenfuss, 1940</small>
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Category:Dictyotaceae Category:Brown algae genera