Syracosphaeraceae

{{short description|Family of algae}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon=Syracosphaeraceae

|image_alt = There are plankton photographed by an electron microscope.

|image_caption = Electron microscope image of syracosphaera azureaplaneta (blue color added)

|image = JRYSEM-247-05-azurapl.jpg

|authority=Lemmermann, 1908 }}

Syracosphaeraceae is a family of algae consisting of the following genera:

• Calciopappus {{small|Gaarder & Ramsfjell, 1954}}
• Caneosphaera {{small|Gaarder, 1977}}
• Coronosphaera {{small|Gaarder, 1977}}
• Deutschlandia {{small|Lohmann, 1912}}
• Lohmannosphaera {{small|Schiller, 1913}}
• Michaelsarsia {{small|Gran, 1912}}
• Ophiaster {{small|Gran, 1912}}
• Syracosphaera {{small|Lohmann, 1902}}