swap_horiz Desmarestia ligulata Alternatives

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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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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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Sargassum cristaefolium

Sargassum cristaefolium is a brown alga in the family Sargassaceae and occurs in Indo-Pacific marine environments. It is...

Tropical Indo Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae

6.3 Fair

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Eisenia arborea

Eisenia arborea is a brown kelp native to the eastern Pacific coast of North America, including California and Baja Cali...

Pacific Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.2 Fair

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Alaria marginata

Alaria marginata is a brown alga native to the Pacific coast of North America, with a range extending from Alaska to Cal...

Pacific Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.2 Fair

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Padina pavonica

Padina pavonica is a fan-shaped brown alga found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is notable...

Mediterranean Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.2 Fair

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Turbinaria decurrens

Turbinaria decurrens is a tropical brown alga in the family Sargassaceae and occurs in the Indo-Pacific. It has rigid, b...

Reef Tropical Subtidal Brown Algae

6.2 Fair

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Carpophyllum maschalocarpum

Carpophyllum maschalocarpum is a brown alga in the family Sargassaceae and is endemic to New Zealand. It forms bushy, ca...

New Zealand Endemic Subtidal Brown Algae

6.2 Fair

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Taonia atomaria

Taonia atomaria is a species of brown alga in the family Dictyotaceae. It occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and nearby eas...

Mediterranean Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

6.1 Fair

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Landsburgia quercifolia

A brown alga (Sargassaceae) endemic to New Zealand, its specific epithet quercifolia (oak-leaved) describing the distinc...

New Zealand Endemic Subtidal Brown Algae

6.0 Fair

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Sargassum duplicatum

Sargassum duplicatum is a brown alga of the family Sargassaceae widespread in the Indo-Pacific, distinguished by its dup...

Tropical Indo Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae

6.0 Fair

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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