swap_horiz Asperococcus bullosus Alternatives

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Postelsia palmaeformis

The sea palm, a brown alga (Laminariaceae) endemic to wave-swept rocky shores of the northeastern Pacific coast of North...

Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.6 Great

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Saccharina latissima

*Saccharina latissima*, known as sugar kelp, is a yellow-brown alga widely cultivated in the United States and Europe fo...

Edible Sugar Kelp North Atlantic Brown Algae

7.9 Good

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Himanthalia elongata

Edible brown alga (sea spaghetti) native to Atlantic European coasts, commercially harvested in France and Ireland for i...

Edible North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.7 Good

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Egregia menziesii

The feather boa kelp, a long-strapped brown alga (Lessoniaceae) ranging along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja Cali...

Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.4 Good

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Ascophyllum nodosum

*Ascophyllum nodosum* is a large brown alga common in the North Atlantic that is commercially harvested in Canada and Ir...

Commercial North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.3 Good

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Hedophyllum sessile

A broad-bladed brown kelp (Laminariaceae) of the northeastern Pacific that entirely lacks a stipe, attaching its undivid...

Kelp Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae

7.3 Good

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Laminaria digitata

*Laminaria digitata*, or oarweed, is a large brown kelp found in the North Atlantic that is industrially harvested for a...

Kelp North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.2 Good

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Alaria esculenta

Edible brown alga (winged kelp) native to the North Atlantic, traditionally consumed in Ireland and Iceland and commerci...

Edible North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.2 Good

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Laminaria hyperborea

*Laminaria hyperborea* is a large brown macroalga that forms extensive kelp forests in the Northeast Atlantic and is hea...

Kelp North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

7.0 Good

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Fucus vesiculosus

*Fucus vesiculosus*, known as bladder wrack, is a brown seaweed recognized by its paired air bladders and historically u...

Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.8 Fair

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Hormosira banksii

*Hormosira banksii*, commonly called Neptune's necklace, is a brown seaweed dominating rocky shores in southern Australi...

Australia Intertidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.3 Fair

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Cystoseira tamariscifolia

Mediterranean brown alga notable for vivid blue-green iridescence when submerged and widely used as a bioindicator of cl...

Mediterranean Intertidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.3 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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Bifurcaria bifurcata

Brown alga endemic to the northeastern Atlantic from the British Isles to Morocco, notable for regularly forked cylindri...

Cylindrical Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae

6.0 Fair

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Fucus serratus

*Fucus serratus*, or toothed wrack, is a brown alga native to the North Atlantic recognized by its serrated edges, often...

Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.8 Mediocre

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Fucus spiralis

*Fucus spiralis*, known as spiral wrack, is a brown seaweed inhabiting the upper intertidal zone of the North Atlantic,...

Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.4 Mediocre

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Pelvetia canaliculata

*Pelvetia canaliculata*, or channel wrack, is a small brown alga found at the highest intertidal limits of European rock...

Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.2 Mediocre

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Halidrys siliquosa

Brown alga (sea oak) common on Atlantic European shores from Norway to the Mediterranean, identifiable by its siliqua-li...

Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.2 Mediocre

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Scytosiphon lomentaria

Cosmopolitan brown alga of cold to temperate seas, recognized by hollow tubular fronds constricted at regular intervals,...

Tubular Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae

5.2 Mediocre

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Petalonia fascia

Brown alga of temperate and polar seas worldwide, producing flat strap-like blades and alternating in its life cycle wit...

Blade Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae

4.8 Poor