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family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of brown algae
Brown algae (singular: alga), comprising the class Phaeophyceae, are a large group of multicellular algae, including many seaweeds located in colder waters within the Northern Hemisphere. Brown algae are the major seaweeds of the temperate and po ...
(class Phaeophyceae
Brown algae (singular: alga), comprising the class Phaeophyceae, are a large group of multicellular algae, including many seaweeds located in colder waters within the Northern Hemisphere. Brown algae are the major seaweeds of the temperate and po ...
). Members of this family generally prefer warmer waters than other brown algae. ''Lobophora variegata
''Lobophora variegata'' is a species of small thalloid brown alga which grows intertidally or in shallow water in tropical and warm temperate seas. It has three basic forms, being sometimes ruffled, sometimes reclining and sometimes encrusting ...
'' (= '' Pocockiella varieagata'') often presents a beautiful blue iridescence due to microscopic bacteria
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...
which live on the surface of the blades . A number of genera are known as forkweed (e.g. ''Dictyota
''Dictyota'' is a genus of brown seaweed in the family Dictyotaceae. Species are predominantly found in tropical and subtropical seas, and are known to contain numerous chemicals (diterpenes) which have potential medicinal value. As at the end of ...
'', '' Glosophora'', ''Dilophus'', ''Dictyopteris'', '' Pachydictyon'' and ''Lobospira''.
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Algae Aquatic plants Brown algae families Dictyotales Ochrophyta Plant families Plants described in 1822 Seaweeds {{Phaeophyceae-stub