Cloniophora

{{Short description|Genus of algae}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Cloniophora

| authority = Tiffany, 1936

| type_species = Cloniophora willei

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision_ref = {{cite web | url = http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/#7310 | publisher = AlgaeBase version 4.2 World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway | accessdate = 2023-07-29 | title = Genus: Cloniophora taxonomy browser |author1=Guiry, M.D. |author2=Guiry, G.M. | year = 2007 }}

| subdivision =

• Cloniophora capitellata
• Cloniophora macrocladia
• Cloniophora paihiae
• Cloniophora plumosa
• Cloniophora shanxiensis
• Cloniophora spicata
• Cloniophora tibetica
• Cloniophora willei

}}

Cloniophora is a genus of green algae, and is the only genus in the family Cloniophoraceae.{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1529-8817.2011.01065.x |title=The green algal genus Cloniophora represents a novel lineage in the Ulvales: a proposal for Cloniophoraceae fam. nov. |date=2011 |last1=Carlile |first1=Amy L. |last2=O'Kelly |first2=Charles J. |last3=Sherwood |first3=Alison R. |journal=Journal of Phycology |volume=47 |issue=6 |pages=1379–1387 |pmid=27020362 |bibcode=2011JPcgy..47.1379C |s2cid=246471 }}