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Cladosiphon okamuranus

Cladosiphon okamuranus, commonly called Okinawan mozuku, is a type of brown seaweed native to Japan. It’s notable for it...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.9 Great

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Saccharina japonica

Saccharina japonica is a large marine brown alga cultivated extensively in East Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Ko...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.2 Great

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Undaria peterseniana

A brown alga (Alariaceae) closely related to the commercially cultivated wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), native to the tem...

Korea Edible Kelp Brown Algae

8.2 Great

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Nemacystus decipiens

Nemacystus decipiens is a filamentous brown alga harvested as mozuku in Okinawa, Japan, where it ranks among the most ec...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.1 Great

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Saccharina latissima

Saccharina latissima, widely known as sugar kelp, is a large brown marine alga naturally distributed across the cold coa...

Edible Sugar Kelp North Atlantic Brown Algae

7.9 Good

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Undaria pinnatifida

*Undaria pinnatifida*, commonly known as wakame, is an edible brown seaweed native to the northwest Pacific Ocean, inclu...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.7 Good

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Himanthalia elongata

Himanthalia elongata is an edible brown alga commonly known as sea spaghetti, found along the northeastern Atlantic coas...

Edible North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.7 Good

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Eisenia bicyclis

Eisenia bicyclis, commonly known as arame, is a species of brown kelp native to the subtidal zones of the Pacific Ocean,...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.5 Good

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Ecklonia cava

Ecklonia cava is a perennial brown kelp native to temperate coastal waters of East Asia, especially around Korea and Jap...

Japan Edible Kelp Brown Algae

7.4 Good

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Ascophyllum nodosum

Ascophyllum nodosum, commonly known as knotted wrack, is a large brown macroalga prevalent along the rocky coasts of the...

Commercial North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.3 Good

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Laminaria digitata

Laminaria digitata is a large brown kelp known as oarweed. It grows on rocky shores in the North Atlantic and forms a to...

Kelp North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.2 Good

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Laminaria hyperborea

Laminaria hyperborea is a large brown kelp of the Northeast Atlantic, where it forms underwater forests along parts of t...

Kelp North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

7.0 Good

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Fucus vesiculosus

*Fucus vesiculosus*, commonly called bladderwrack, is a brown alga of rocky intertidal shores in the North Atlantic and...

Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.8 Fair

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Laminaria ochroleuca

Kelp with a pale yellowish stipe native to the northeastern Atlantic from Iberia to Norway, among the most commercially...

Kelp North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

6.3 Fair

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Sargassum fusiforme

Sargassum fusiforme is a species of brown algae commonly known as hijiki. It grows in shallow coastal waters of East Asi...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.2 Fair

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Turbinaria conoides

Brown alga native to the Indo-Pacific, bearing conical vesicles and investigated for pharmaceutical potential of its fuc...

Tropical Edible Indo Pacific Brown Algae

6.0 Fair

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Bifurcaria bifurcata

Bifurcaria bifurcata is a brown alga of the northeastern Atlantic, with a range extending from the British Isles toward...

Cylindrical Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae

6.0 Fair

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Saccharina longissima

Saccharina longissima is a kelp with a long, ribbon-like blade that grows in cold North Pacific waters. It belongs to th...

Edible Kelp North Pacific Brown Algae

6.0 Fair

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Cutleria multifida

Cutleria multifida is a brown alga in the family Cutleriaceae. It is distinguished by a heteromorphic life cycle, meanin...

North Atlantic Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

5.9 Mediocre

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Desmarestia aculeata

Desmarestia aculeata is a brown alga recorded from the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Its cells store sulfuric acid i...

Acid North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

5.8 Mediocre