Conferva echinata Mertens Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Chromista phylum Ochrophyta class Phaeophyceae order Ectocarpales family Chordariaceae genus Asperococcus species Asperococcus fistulosus Name Homonyms Conferva echinata Mertens ex Roth, 1806 Conferva echinata Mertens