| Ectocarpaceae | |
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| Ectocarpus siliculosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Ectocarpales |
| Family: | Ectocarpaceae C.Agardh |
| Genera[1] | |
Ectocarpaceae is a family of brown algae in the order Ectocarpales. It includes four genera, Ectocarpus, Kuckuckia, Pleurocladia, and Spongostema.[1]