Superphylum Heterokonta Higher classification Brown algae | Scientific name Desmarestiales Rank Order | |
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Similar Brown algae, Sporochnaceae, Cutleriales, Desmarestia, Sphacelariales | ||
Desmarestiales is an order in the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). Member of this order have terete or ligulate (flat) pinnately branched thalli attached by discoid holdfasts. They have a sporphytic thallus usually aggregated to form a pseudo parenchyma. The genus Desmarestia is named after the French zoologist Anselme-Gaétan Desmarest (1784 - 1838).
As their general name of the class suggests their pigmentation is brown.
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