small family of brown algae: gulfweeds; rockweeds

Fucaceae are a family of brown algae. There are 8 genera in the family, most notably Fucus, which includes several common seaweeds. The list of genera (see box at right) in http://www.algaebase.org/taxonomy.lasso?id=5188&-session=abv3:48E46E6A1d71e0CB2DjYi1914543 Fucaceae, as well as essentially all available taxonomic information on algae, is publicly accessible at http://www.algaebase.org .