Pylaiella

Pylaiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Ectocarpales
Family: Ectocarpaceae
Genus: Pylaiella
Bory

Pylaiella (mung) is a genus of seaweed (brown algae) that can be a nuisance due to its ability to coat people, ropes, animals, and more when it blooms close to the shore under particular conditions.[1]

Notes

  1. "ITIS- Pylaiella". Retrieved 2007-02-19.

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