swap_horiz Cutleria multifida Alternatives

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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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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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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 pallida

A large brown kelp (Laminariaceae) forming extensive subtidal forests along the cold upwelling coasts of South Africa an...

South Africa Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

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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Ecklonia radiata

*Ecklonia radiata* is a dominant habitat-forming seaweed found in the temperate reefs of Australia and New Zealand, supp...

Australia Kelp 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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Pterygophora californica

Perennial kelp native to the Pacific coast of North America, among the longest-lived macroalgae known, with individual p...

Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.8 Fair

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Stypopodium zonale

Stypopodium zonale is a brown alga of the family Dictyotaceae found in the Caribbean, widely studied for its production...

Reef Tropical Fan Shaped Brown Algae

6.6 Fair

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Ecklonia brevipes

A subtidal brown kelp (Lessoniaceae) endemic to New Zealand and parts of southern Australia, forming important underwate...

New Zealand Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.5 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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Taonia atomaria

Taonia atomaria is a brown alga of the family Dictyotaceae common in the Mediterranean, recognized by its fan-shaped, di...

Mediterranean Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

6.1 Fair

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Desmarestia aculeata

Brown alga of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, notable for storing sulfuric acid in vacuoles, which bleaches and da...

Acid North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

5.8 Mediocre

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Spatoglossum schroederi

Spatoglossum schroederi is a brown alga of the family Dictyotaceae found in the western Atlantic, notably off Brazil, re...

Tropical Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

5.4 Mediocre

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Chorda filum

Brown alga (bootlace weed) of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, notable for its unbranched, whip-like thallus that c...

North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.1 Mediocre

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Zonaria tournefortii

Brown alga of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, producing fan-shaped fronds with concentric growth zones and formi...

Mediterranean Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

4.8 Poor

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Tilopteris mertensii

Tilopteris mertensii is a filamentous brown alga that serves as the type species for the family Tilopteridaceae, classif...

North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

4.8 Poor

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Sporochnus pedunculatus

Brown alga (order Sporochnales) bearing distinctive tufted receptacles on elongated stalks; found in temperate Atlantic...

North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

4.4 Poor