Mastocarpus

Mastocarpus
Mastocarpus stellatus
Scientific classification
Clade: Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gigartinales
Family: Phyllophoraceae
Genus: Mastocarpus
Kützing, 1843

Mastocarpus is a genus of red algae belonging to the family Phyllophoraceae.

The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.