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Phaeoexplorer genomes

The Phaeoexplorer brown algal genome database

A comprehensive database of genome assemblies for brown algae (Phaeophyceae) and closely related stramenopile taxa.

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Near chromosome scale assembly
Sequencing: Sanger
© D. Scornet CNRS
Ectocarpus
species7
Good quality assembly
Sequencing: Illumina, PacBio, genetic-map-based pseudochromosomes
Fucus
serratus
Near chromosome scale assembly
Sequencing: Illumina, Nanopore
© M. Lorenz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Porterinema
fluviatile
Near chromosome scale assembly
Sequencing: Illumina, PacBio, genetic-map-based pseudochromosomes
Saccharina
latissima
Good quality assembly
Sequencing: Illumina, Nanopore
Schizocladia
ischiensis

Brown algal genome data

Note that the resources available for each genome vary, depending on the quality of the genome assembly.

Genome quality scale: = Near chromosome scale assembly | ☆ = Good quality assembly | ☆☆ = Draft genome | ☆☆☆ = No quality assessment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
Species Order Family Project Accession number Genome assembly quality Sequencing method Best assembly for the species WoRMS link GoaT link GBIF taxonKey
Agarum clathratum   Laminariales Agaraceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 157207 105404 2661536
Alaria esculenta   Laminariales Alariaceae Bringloe et al., 2022 Molecular Ecology PRJNA675898 Undetermined False 145716 2889 5422592
Alethocladus corymbosus   Sphacelariales Stypocaulaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False Not available 116063 3200777
Ascophyllum nodosum   Male Fucales Fucaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 145541 52969 3196524
Ascoseira mirabilis   Ascoseirales Ascoseiraceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 325432 76830 Not available
Bodanella lauterbornii   Sphacelariales Lithodermataceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False Not available 246119 Not available
Botrytella micromora   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 145484 86904 3198845
Botrytella uvaeformis   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 500194 Not available 3198851
Canistrocarpus cervicornis   Dictyotales Dictyotaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 377141 499615 4377177
Carpomitra costata   Sporochnales Sporochnaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 145910 66794 3196229
Chordaria linearis   Monoicous Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 325486 64904 Not available
Choristocarpus tenellus   Discosporangiales Choristocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 145887 116065 3198071
Chrysoparadoxa australica   Chrysoparadoxales Chrysoparadoxaceae Wetherbee et al., 2018 Journal of Phycology PRJEB76691 Illumina False 1359032 2498842 10092953
Cladosiphon okamuranus   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Nishitsuji et al 2016 DNA Research, Nishitsuji et al 2020 BMC Genomics PRJDB9346 Illumina MatePE False 371901 309737 3198562
Desmarestia aculeata   Desmarestiales Desmarestiaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 145307 62298 5423373
Desmarestia anceps   Desmarestiales Desmarestiaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 325496 62299 Not available
Desmarestia dudresnayi   Monoicous Desmarestiales Desmarestiaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 295864 99931 5730473
Desmarestia dudresnayi   Monoicous v2 Desmarestiales Desmarestiaceae Barrera-Redondo et al., 2025 Nature Ecology & Evolution PRJNA1059008 Undetermined False 295864 99931 5730473
Desmarestia herbacea   Male Desmarestiales Desmarestiaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 239201 1205903 5423326
Desmarestia herbacea   Female Desmarestiales Desmarestiaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 239201 1205903 5423326
Desmarestia herbacea   Male v2 Desmarestiales Desmarestiaceae Barrera-Redondo et al., 2025 Nature Ecology & Evolution PRJNA1059008 Undetermined False 239201 1205903 5423326
Dictyota dichotoma   Male v2 Dictyotales Dictyotaceae Barrera-Redondo et al., 2025 Nature Ecology & Evolution PRJNA1059008 Illumina, Nanopore, Hi-C False 145367 2876 5423480
Dictyota dichotoma   Male Dictyotales Dictyotaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 145367 2876 5423480
Dictyota falklandica   Dictyotales Dictyotaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 1804479 2607331 Not available
Discosporangium mesarthrocarpum   Discosporangiales Discosporangiaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145886 376270 3198076
Ectocarpoides piscinalis   Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False Not available 2873786 Not available
Ectocarpus crouaniorum   Male v2 Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Barrera-Redondo et al., 2025 Nature Ecology & Evolution PRJNA1059008 Illumina, Nanopore, Hi-C False 496828 690460 3199545
Ectocarpus crouaniorum   Female Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 496828 690460 3199545
Ectocarpus crouaniorum   Male Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 496828 690460 3199545
Ectocarpus fasciculatus   Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 43935 3199608
Ectocarpus fasciculatus   Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 43935 3199608
Ectocarpus fasciculatus   Male Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 145404 43935 3199608
Ectocarpus fasciculatus   Female Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145404 43935 3199608
Ectocarpus siliculosus   Male Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 145410 2880 3199521
Ectocarpus siliculosus   Female Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145410 2880 3199521
Ectocarpus sp.   Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False Not available Not available Not available
Ectocarpus species1   Male Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535360 Not available
Ectocarpus species1   Male Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535357 Not available
Ectocarpus species1   Female Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535357 Not available
Ectocarpus species12   Female Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535356 Not available
Ectocarpus species12   Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535356 Not available
Ectocarpus species13   Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1904779 Not available
Ectocarpus species2   Male Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535358 Not available
Ectocarpus species3   Female Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535359 Not available
Ectocarpus species3   Male Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535359 Not available
Ectocarpus species5   Female Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535361 Not available
Ectocarpus species5   Male Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535361 Not available
Ectocarpus species6   Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False Not available 1535362 Not available
Ectocarpus species7   Male_plus_femaleSDR Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Cock et al., 2010 Nature, Cormier et al., 2016 New Phytologist PRJEB76691 Sanger False Not available 74372 Not available
Ectocarpus species8   Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535364 Not available
Ectocarpus species9   Female Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 1535365 Not available
Ectocarpus subulatus   v3 Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Barrera-Redondo et al., 2025 Nature Ecology & Evolution PRJNA1059008 Illumina MatePE, Hi-C False 502074 1535423 3199537
Ectocarpus subulatus   Male Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Dittami et al., 2020 Marine Genomics PRJEB76691 Illumina MatePE False 502074 1535423 3199537
Elachista antarctica   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 325500 190703 Not available
Feldmannia mitchelliae   Monoicous Ectocarpales Acinetosporaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 699648 1964287 7907318
Fucus distichus   Monoicous Fucales Fucaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145544 3012 3196454
Fucus serratus   Male v2 Fucales Fucaceae Barrera-Redondo et al., 2025 Nature Ecology & Evolution PRJNA1059008 Illumina, PacBio, genetic-map-based pseudochromosomes False 145546 87148 3196437
Fucus serratus   Male Fucales Fucaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 145546 87148 3196437
Halopteris paniculata   Monoicous Sphacelariales Stypocaulaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 496299 588760 8908390
Hapterophycus canaliculatus   Male Ectocarpales Scytosiphonaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 496081 2567908 3198012
Hapterophycus canaliculatus   Female Ectocarpales Scytosiphonaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 496081 2567908 3198012
Heribaudiella fluviatilis   Sphacelariales Lithodermataceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False Not available 246117 3199415
Heterosigma akashiwo   Raphidomonadales Chattonellales Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 160585 2829 3194420
Himanthalia elongata   Dioecious Fucales Himanthaliaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 160585 74478 3197836
Himantothallus grandifolius   Desmarestiales Desmarestiaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 325517 62318 3200000
Hincksia hincksiae   Ectocarpales Acinetosporaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 145435 133510 5423288
Hincksia sandriana   Ectocarpales Acinetosporaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 145440 1630631 5423286
Laminaria digitata   Laminariales Laminariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 145724 80365 5422479
Laminaria digitata   Male Laminariales Laminariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 145724 80365 5422479
Laminariocolax aecidioides   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 162814 68331 3198612
Laminarionema elsbetiae   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 371106 64929 4377126
Laminarionema elsbetiae   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 371106 64929 4377126
Macrocystis pyrifera   Female Laminariales Laminariaceae Diesel et al., 2023 BMC Genomics PRJNA926673 Undetermined False 232231 35122 5422328
Macrocystis pyrifera   Male Laminariales Laminariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 232231 35122 5422328
Macrocystis pyrifera   Laminariales Laminariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 232231 35122 5422328
Microspongium alariae   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 376211 190704 3198325
Microzonia velutina   Syringodermatales Syringodermataceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 373369 217211 3198147
Myriogloea chilensis   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 373653 Not available Not available
Myriotrichia clavaeformis   Male Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145331 64930 3198352
Myriotrichia clavaeformis   Female Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145331 64930 3198352
Nereocystis luetkeana   Laminariales Arthrothamnaceae Alves-Lima et al., 2025 The Journal of Heredity Not available PacBio False 240752 117523 4267628
Padina boergesenii   Dictyotales Dictyotaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 145382 381692 3200195
Pelvetia canaliculata   Dioecious Fucales Fucaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145550 74467 3196499
Petalonia sp.   Ectocarpales Scytosiphonaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False Not available Not available Not available
Phaeosaccion multiseriatum   Phaeosacciales Phaeosacciaceae Mc Cartney et al., 2024 npj Biodiversity PRJEB78549 Illumina, Nanopore, Hi-C False 601211 2797544 Not available
Phaeothamnion wetherbeei   Phaeothamniales Phaeothamniaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False Not available 77034 Not available
Pleurocladia lacustris   Ectocarpales Ectocarpaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 145458 246121 3198767
Polycladia myrica   Fucales Sargassaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 624315 590108 8159857
Porterinema fluviatile   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 146282 246123 3199672
Pylaiella littoralis   Ectocarpales Acinetosporaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 146282 2885 3199757
Pylaiella littoralis   Ectocarpales Acinetosporaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 146282 2885 3199757
Saccharina japonica   Laminariales Arthrothamnaceae Ye et la 2015 Nature Communication JXRI00000000 Illumina MatePE, PacBio False 377084 88149 4377197
Saccharina latissima   Female Laminariales Arthrothamnaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, PacBio False 234483 309358 4377207
Saccharina latissima   Female v2 Laminariales Arthrothamnaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell Not available Illumina, PacBio, genetic-map-based pseudochromosomes False 234483 309358 4377207
Saccharina latissima   Laminariales Arthrothamnaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 234483 309358 4377207
Saccorhiza dermatodea   Monoicous Tilopteridales Phyllariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145734 66620 8703880
Saccorhiza polyschides   Male Tilopteridales Phyllariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145735 45365 5422611
Saccorhiza polyschides   Female Tilopteridales Phyllariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145735 45365 5422611
Sargassum angustifolium   Fucales Sargassaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 494844 Not available Not available
Sargassum fusiforme   Fucales Sargassaceae Wang et al., 2020 Frontiers in Genetics Not available Illumina PE, PacBio False 494972 590727 3196917
Sargassum fusiforme   Fucales Sargassaceae Kim et al., 2025 Genome Biology and Evolution PRJNA1184803 Undetermined False 494972 590727 3196917
Sargassum latifolium   Fucales Sargassaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False Not available Not available Not available
Sargassum thunbergii   Fucales Sargassaceae Kim et al., 2025 Genome Biology and Evolution PRJNA1185288 Undetermined False 240752 127542 3196939
Schizocladia ischiensis   Schizocladiales Schizocladiaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 395992 196139 Not available
Scytosiphon promiscuus   Male v2 Ectocarpales Scytosiphonaceae Barrera-Redondo et al., 2025 Nature Ecology & Evolution PRJNA1059008 Illumina, Nanopore, Hi-C False 1356524 1403536 12172656
Scytosiphon promiscuus   Ectocarpales Scytosiphonaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 1356524 1403536 12172656
Scytosiphon promiscuus   Female Ectocarpales Scytosiphonaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 1356524 1403536 12172656
Scytosiphon promiscuus   Male Ectocarpales Scytosiphonaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina, Nanopore False 1356524 1403536 12172656
Scytothamnus fasciculatus   Scytothamnales Splachnidiaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 325567 64934 3200842
Sphacelaria divaricata   Sphacelariales Sphacelariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 372371 117517 3200668
Sphacelaria rigidula   Sphacelariales Sphacelariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 145902 117516 3200710
Sphacelaria rigidula   Female Sphacelariales Sphacelariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 145902 117516 3200710
Sphacelaria sp.   Sphacelariales Sphacelariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False Not available Not available Not available
Sphaerotrichia firma   Female Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 374066 2841634 3199115
Sphaerotrichia firma   Male Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Denoued et al., 2024 Cell PRJEB76691 Illumina False 374066 2841634 3199115
Stictyosiphon soriferus   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 145354 86908 3199197
Stictyosiphon tortilis   Ectocarpales Chordariaceae Nelson et al., 2024 Molecular Plant PRJNA924561 Illumina False 145355 1240997 3199185
Tribonema minus   Tribonematales Tribonemataceae Mahan et al., 2021 Microbiology Resource Announcements PRJNA692219 PacBio + illumina False 610084 303371 3200882
Undaria pinnatifida   Laminariales Alariaceae Graf et al 2021 Nature Ecology & Evolution PRJNA646283 Illumina, PacBio, genetic-map-based pseudochromosomes False 145721 74381 5422556