Summary description from Wikipedia:

Sargassaceae in languages:

Chinese

馬尾藻科

Danish

Sargassotangfamilien

English

Sargassum and Allies

Japanese

ホンダワラ科

Korean

모자반과

Lithuanian

Sargasiniai

Russian

Саргассовые водоросли

Russian

Цистозейровые

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Parent Taxon

• Fucales

Sibling Taxa

• Bifurcariopsidaceae
• Durvillaeaceae
• Fucaceae
• Himanthaliaceae
• Hormosiraceae
• Notheiaceae
• Sargassaceae
• Seirococcaceae
• Xiphophoraceae

Child Taxa

• Acrocarpia
• Anthophycus
• Axillariella
• Bifurcaria
• Brassicophycus
• Carpoglossum
• Carpophyllum
• Caulocystis
• Coccophora
• Cystophora
• Cystoseira
• Ericaria
• Gongolaria
• Halidrys
• Hormophysa
• Landsburgia
• Myagropsis
• Myriodesma
• Phyllotricha
• Platythalia
• Polycladia
• Sargassopsis
• Sargassum
• Scaberia
• Sirophysalis
• Stephanocystis
• Stolonophora
• Turbinaria

Top Observation Places

• Durrës
• Miami
• Miami Beach
• Newport Beach
• Torrance
• Carson
• San Pedro
• Redondo Beach