swap_horiz Chorda filum Alternatives

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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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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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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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Alaria esculenta

Alaria esculenta is an edible brown alga commonly known as winged kelp or dabberlocks. It grows on rocky shores of the N...

Edible North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.2 Good

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Laminaria pallida

Laminaria pallida, known as split-fan kelp, is a large brown alga in the order Laminariales. It grows on rocky subtidal...

South Africa Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

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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Ecklonia radiata

Ecklonia radiata is a brown kelp, also called common or golden kelp, found in temperate marine waters including Australi...

Australia Kelp 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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Pterygophora californica

Pterygophora californica is a perennial brown kelp commonly known as stalked kelp. Native to the Pacific coast of North...

Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.8 Fair

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Ecklonia brevipes

Ecklonia brevipes is a brown kelp in the family Lessoniaceae. It is associated with subtidal rocky reefs in cool-tempera...

New Zealand Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.5 Fair

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Agarum clathratum

Agarum clathratum is a cold-water brown kelp commonly called shotgun kelp. It forms a broad blade pierced by many natura...

North Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.4 Fair

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Lessonia trabeculata

Lessonia trabeculata is a large brown kelp native to rocky subtidal shores of Chile and Peru in the southeastern Pacific...

South America Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.4 Fair

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Lessonia variegata

Lessonia variegata is a large brown kelp in the family Lessoniaceae and is endemic to New Zealand. It grows from the low...

New Zealand Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.4 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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Xiphophora chondrophylla

Xiphophora chondrophylla is a brown alga in the family Xiphophoraceae found on coasts of southern Australia and New Zeal...

Australia Intertidal Subtidal Brown Algae

6.3 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

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Tilopteris mertensii

Tilopteris mertensii is a small brown alga in the class Phaeophyceae, order Tilopteridales and family Tilopteridaceae. I...

North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

4.8 Poor

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Sporochnus pedunculatus

Sporochnus pedunculatus is an erect, branched brown alga in the order Sporochnales and family Sporochnaceae. It is recog...

North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

4.4 Poor