ectocarpacesæ, ectocarpesæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. ectocarp(us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceæ, -eœ.] Bot.: A tribe or order of seaweeds co-extensive with the family Ectocarpide (q. v.). ěc-to-car-pl-dæ, s . pl . [Mod. Lat.ectocarp(us); Lat. fem. pl. adj suff. -ida .] Bot.: A tribe or family of Fucoids, sub-order Vaucherie; the threads are jointed, consisting of a single row of cells, variously branched. Vesicles derived from one joint, either at the end of the branches or of the laterals. ( Lindley .) The Ectocarpide are olive-colored, articulated, filiform seaweeds, with sporanges producing ciliated zoospores, either external, attached to the jointed ramuli, or formed out of some of the interstitial cells.