Phyllospora comosa

Phyllospora comosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Seirococcaceae
Genus: Phyllospora
Species:
P. comosa
Binomial name
Phyllospora comosa
Phyllospora comosa on a beach on the southern coast of NSW

Phyllospora comosa, known as crayweed, is a species of brown algae in the Seirococcaceae family. It forms temperate seaweed forests that are important as habitat for many marine species and also for producing oxygen and capturing atmospheric carbon.