SEAWEEDS
SEAWEEDS
SEAWEEDS
Taxonomy[edit]
"Seaweed" lacks a formal definition, but seaweed generally lives in the ocean and is visible to the
naked eye. The term refers to both flowering plants submerged in the ocean, like eelgrass, as well
as larger marine algae. Generally, it is one of several groups of
multicellular algae: red, green and brown. They lack one common multicellular ancestor, forming
a polyphyletic group. In addition, bluegreen algae (Cyanobacteria) are occasionally considered in
seaweed literature.[7]
The number of seaweed species is still discussed among scientists, but most likely there are several
thousand species of seaweed.[8]
Genera[edit]