brown algae

1. Algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown and yellow pigments (synset 101405241)
   is a type of: alga, algae - primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves
   subtypes:

   • kelp - large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
   • fucoid, fucoid algae - any of various algae of the family Fucaceae
   • rockweed - coarse brown seaweed growing on rocks exposed at low tide
   • fucus serratus, serrated wrack, tang - brown algae seaweed with serrated edges
   • gulfweed, sargasso, sargassum, sargassum bacciferum - brown algae with rounded bladders forming dense floating masses in tropical Atlantic waters as in the Sargasso Sea
   belongs to: class phaeophyceae, phaeophyceae - brown algae; mostly marine and littoral eukaryotic algae

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