IDnature guides Groups Algae Groups Protista Weeds Kinds Acinetosporaceae Acrotrichaceae Adenocystaceae Akkesiphycaceae Alariaceae Arthrocladiaceae Ascoseiraceae Chnoosporaceae Chordaceae Chordariaceae Chordariopsidaceae Choristocarpaceae Cladostephaceae Cutleriaceae Cystoseiraceae Delamareaceae Desmarestiaceae Dictyosiphonaceae Dictyotaceae Durvillaeaceae Ectocarpaceae Elachistaceae Fucaceae Giraudiaceae Halosiphonaceae Himanthaliaceae Hormosiraceae Ishigeaceae Laminariaceae Lessoniaceae Mesosporaceae Myrionemataceae Myriotrichiaceae Notheiaceae Phyllariaceae Phyllosporaceae Pseudochordaceae Punctariaceae Pylaiellaceae Ralfsiaceae Sargassaceae Scoresbyellaceae Scytosiphonaceae Scytothamnaceae Seirococcaceae Sorocarpaceae Spermatochnaceae Sphacelariaceae Splachnidiaceae Sporochnaceae Striariaceae Stypocaulaceae Syringodermataceae Tilopteridaceae Overview Multicellular, almost exclusively marine stramenopiles generally containing the pigment fucoxanthin as well as chlorophylls a and c in their chloroplasts. Phylogeny Tree of Life Links to other sites Introduction to the Phaeophyta, University of California Museum of Paleontology Division Phaeophyta, Celia Smith, Univ Hawai'i at Manoa Phaeophyta, Robert Cloutier, University of Georgia Survey of the botanical Phyla, Curtis Clark, Cal Poly Pomona Division Phaeophyta, Think Quest A Virus Infection in the Brown Alga Sorocarpus uvaeformis (Lyngbye) Pringsheim (Phaeophyta, Ectocarpales), L. OLIVEIRA and T. BISALPUTRA, The University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C., Canada Acknowledgements Ashley MacDonald, University of Georgia, Athens Amberlie McKee, University of Georgia, Athens I thank John Pickering for his assistance with the development of this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Updated: 2024-04-19 00:30:07 gmt Principles of Life | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation