swap_horiz Chrysymenia wrightii Alternatives

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Giant Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)

Macrocystis pyrifera is a brown alga considered the largest seaweed species, forming dense underwater kelp forests on ro...

Brown Pacific Edible Kelp

9.6 Brilliant

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Nori (Pyropia yezoensis)

Pyropia yezoensis is a marine red alga cultivated widely in East Asia, especially Japan and Korea, for the dried seaweed...

Red Pacific Edible Intertidal

9.6 Brilliant

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Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana)

Nereocystis luetkeana, or bull kelp, is an annual brown kelp found along the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska...

Brown Pacific Kelp Intertidal

9.2 Excellent

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Pyropia tenera

Pyropia tenera, formerly known as Porphyra tenera, is a species of edible red algae belonging to the Bangiaceae family....

Red Pacific Edible Intertidal

9.1 Excellent

5

Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis

Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis is a species of red seaweed that occurs naturally in cold coastal waters and is extensively...

Red Pacific Edible Cultivated

8.2 Great

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Feather Boa Kelp (Egregia menziesii)

Egregia menziesii, commonly known as feather boa kelp, is a species of brown algae in the family Lessoniaceae. It is nat...

Brown Pacific Kelp Intertidal

8.1 Great

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Gelidium spinosum

Gelidium spinosum is a red alga in the family Gelidiaceae, found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean...

Mediterranean Industrial Red Subtidal

7.7 Good

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Cryptopleura violacea

Cryptopleura violacea is a red alga found on rocky shores of the Pacific coast of North America. It forms thin, flattene...

Red Pacific Iridescent Subtidal

6.5 Fair

9

Rytiphlaea tinctoria

Rytiphlaea tinctoria is a red alga (Rhodomelaceae) of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, historically used to produce a red...

Mediterranean Branching Red Subtidal

6.4 Fair

10

Weeksia reticulata

Red alga (Halymeniaceae) native to the Pacific coast of North America, distinguished by a conspicuously net-like reticul...

Red Pacific Subtidal Foliose

6.4 Fair

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Stenogramme interrupta

Red alga (Delesseriaceae) found on the Pacific coast of North America and in the Mediterranean, notable for its strap-li...

Branching Red Pacific Subtidal

6.4 Fair

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Lomentaria clavellosa

Red alga (Lomentariaceae) of the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, recognized by its distinctive hollow, club-sha...

Branching Red Tubular Atlantic

6.2 Fair

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Sarcodiotheca gaudichaudii

Red alga (Gigartinales) of the tropical and subtropical Pacific including Hawaii, named in honor of French botanist Char...

Branching Red Pacific Cylindrical

6.1 Fair

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Prionitis lanceolata

Red alga native to Pacific North American coasts, characterized by flattened, lance-shaped blades with distinctly fringe...

Branching Red Pacific Intertidal

6.0 Fair

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Cryptosiphonia woodii

Cryptosiphonia woodii is a red alga (Dumontiaceae) of the Pacific coast of North America, characterized by its hollow, c...

Red Pacific Intertidal Cold Water

5.9 Mediocre

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Cryptopleura ruprechtiana

Red alga (Delesseriaceae) found along North Pacific coastlines, featuring a flat membranous blade with microscopic vein-...

Branching Red Pacific Subtidal

5.9 Mediocre

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Gastroclonium coulteri

Pacific North American intertidal red alga identified by its hollow, inflated cylindrical branchlets clustered along the...

Branching Hollow Red Pacific

5.8 Mediocre

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Turnerella pennyi

Turnerella pennyi is a gelatinous red alga (Schizymeniaceae) of the Pacific coast of North America, forming irregular lo...

Red Pacific Cold Water Subtidal

5.8 Mediocre

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Pikea californica

Pikea californica is a red alga (Dumontiaceae) endemic to the Pacific coast of North America, forming small reddish-brow...

Branching Red Pacific Cylindrical

5.7 Mediocre

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Farlowia mollis

Farlowia mollis is a red alga (Dumontiaceae) found along the Pacific coast of North America, named in honor of Harvard p...

Branching Red Pacific Cylindrical

5.7 Mediocre