An order coextensive with the family Fucaceae.

Fucales is an order in the Phylum Phaeophyta or Brown algae. The list of families (see box at right) in http://www.algaebase.org/taxonomy.lasso?id=4574&-session=abv3:48E46E6A1d71e0CB2DjYi1914543 Fucales, as well as additional taxonomic information on algae, is publicly accessible at http://www.algaebase.org . Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2006.