Ectocarpus siliculosus

Ectocarpus siliculosus
E. siliculosus, from the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (1890-1907)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Ectocarpaceae
Genus: Ectocarpus
Species:
E. siliculosus
Binomial name
Ectocarpus siliculosus
(Dillwyn) Lyngbye, 1819

Ectocarpus siliculosus is a filamentous brown alga. Its genome was the first brown macroalgal genome to be sequenced, with the expectation that E. siliculosus will serve as a genetic and genomic model for brown macroalgae.

Scientific classification
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Ectocarpaceae
Genus: Ectocarpus
Species: E. siliculosus
Binomial name
Ectocarpus siliculosus

(Dillwyn) Lyngbye 1819

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