Fucales
Fucales (division Phaeophyta) An order of brown seaweeds in which the gametes are the only representatives of the haploid generation (see ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS). Gametes are formed in special cavities called conceptacles which are frequently contained in the inflated tips of thallus branches. There are several families, distributed world-wide.
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