Tolypothrichaceae

{{Short description|Family of bacteria}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Cyanobacteriabranchedforms026 Tolypothrix.jpg

| image_caption = Tolypothrix

| taxon = Tolypothrichaceae

| authority = Hauer, Mareš, Bohunická, Johansen, & Berrendero-Gomez

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision_ref = {{cite journal |vauthors=Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR | year = 2014 | title = Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach | url = http://www.preslia.cz/P144Komarek.pdf | journal = Preslia | volume = 86 | pages = 295–335 }}

| subdivision =

• Borzinema DeToni 1936
• Coleodesmium Borzì ex Geitler 1942
• Dactylothamnos Fiore et al. 2013 provis.
• Hassallia Berkeley ex Bornet & Flahault 1888
• Rexia Casamatta et al. 2006
• Seguenzaea Borzì 1907
• Spirirestis Flechtner & Johansen 2002
• Streptostemon Sant'Anna et al. 2010
• Tolypothrix Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault 1887

| synonyms = Microchaetaceae

}}

The Tolypothrichaceae are a family of cyanobacteria.