Fucaceae

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Fucaceae
"Fucoideae", from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Fucaceae
Genera [1]

Ascophyllum
Fucus
Hesperophycus
Pelvetia
Pelvetiopsis
Silvetia
Xiphophora

Fucaceae are a family of brown algae. There are seven genera in the family, most notably Fucus, which includes several common seaweeds.

[edit] References

  1. ^ M. D. Guiry & G. M. Guiry (2006). "Fucaceae". AlgaeBase. http://www.algaebase.org/browse/taxonomy/?id=5188. 

[edit] External links

Fucaceae at Algaebase


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