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.Stypopodium AlgaeBase. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
Characteristics The thalli are usually erect but sometimes prostrate, growing to a length of about . 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.
Species The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus: Stypopodium atomarium (Woodward) Kützing Stypopodium australasicum (Zanardini) Allender & Kraft, 1983 Stypopodium flabelliforme Weber-van Bosse, 1913 Stypopodium multipartitum (Suhr) P.C.Silva, 1996 Stypopodium rabdoides (Allender & Kraft) Kraft, 2009 Stypopodium schimperi (Buchinger ex Kützing) Verlaque & Boudouresque, 1991 Stypopodium shameelii M.Nizamuddin & K.Aisha Stypopodium tubruqense M.Nizamuddin & M.Godeh Stypopodium zonale (J.V.Lamouroux) Papenfuss, 1940
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