Brown alga
Dictyotales
Desmerestiales
Fucales
Laminariales (kelps)
etc.
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The
brown algae are a large group of multicellular algae, including various sorts of
seaweed. Their distinctive greenish-brown color comes from the pigment
fucoxanthin. Well-known members include
kelps and
bladder wrack. Genetic studies show their closest relatives are the yellow-green algae.