An order of brown algae that includes the family Cutleriaceae and related organisms.
From Cutleria with the order suffix '-ales,' the standard Latin suffix used in biological taxonomy to denote plant and organism orders. The '-ales' ending has been standardized since Linnaean classification.
The order Cutleriales contains some of the most primitive brown algae known to science, making them living fossils that help scientists understand how complex ocean plants first evolved.
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