Meaning | brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae. |
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Synonym | class Phaeophyceae |
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Member of | Phaeophyta, division Phaeophyta | coextensive with class Phaeophyceae |
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Members | Fucales, order Fucales | coextensive with the family Fucaceae |
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Laminariales, order Laminariales | In some classifications coextensive with family Laminariaceae |
brown algae | algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments |
Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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Spanish | feofíceas |
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Catalan | feofícies, Phaeophyceae |
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