Ectocarpaceae

plural noun

Ec·​to·​car·​pa·​ce·​ae

-ˌkärˈpāsēˌē

: a cosmopolitan family of chiefly epiphytic marine brown algae (order Ectocarpales) that includes algae with a thallus of erect branching filaments arising from a creeping filament or layer or sometimes being compacted into a pseudoparenchymatous thallus see ectocarpus

ectocarpaceous

¦⸗⸗ˌ⸗¦pāshəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Ectocarpus, type genus + -aceae

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