Fucaceae

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iFucaceae
"Fucoideae", from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904
"Fucoideae", from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Protista
Division: Heterokontophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Fucaceae
Genera

Ascophyllum
Fucus
Hesperophycus
Pelvetia
Pelvetiopsis
Silvetia
Xiphophora

Fucaceae are a family of brown algae. There are 8 genera in the family, most notably Fucus, which includes several common seaweeds. The list of genera (see box at right) in Fucaceae, as well as essentially all available taxonomic information on algae, is publicly accessible at http://www.algaebase.org .[1]

Toothed wrack, Fucus serratus
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Toothed wrack, Fucus serratus
  1. ^ Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2006. AlgaeBase version 4.2. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 December 2006.
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