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Cladosiphon okamuranus

Cladosiphon okamuranus, commonly called Okinawan mozuku, is a type of brown seaweed native to Japan. It’s notable for it...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.9 Great

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Macrocystis integrifolia

Macrocystis integrifolia is a species of brown algae, commonly known as giant kelp, that forms extensive subtidal forest...

Pacific Kelp Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.3 Great

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Saccharina japonica

Saccharina japonica is a large marine brown alga cultivated extensively in East Asia, especially in China, Japan, and Ko...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.2 Great

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Undaria peterseniana

A brown alga (Alariaceae) closely related to the commercially cultivated wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), native to the tem...

Korea Edible Kelp Brown Algae

8.2 Great

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Nemacystus decipiens

Nemacystus decipiens is a filamentous brown alga harvested as mozuku in Okinawa, Japan, where it ranks among the most ec...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.1 Great

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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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Undaria pinnatifida

*Undaria pinnatifida*, commonly known as wakame, is an edible brown seaweed native to the northwest Pacific Ocean, inclu...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.7 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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Eisenia bicyclis

Eisenia bicyclis, commonly known as arame, is a species of brown kelp native to the subtidal zones of the Pacific Ocean,...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.5 Good

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Hedophyllum sessile

Hedophyllum sessile is a brown kelp in the family Laminariaceae found along the northeastern Pacific coast. Its broad, u...

Kelp Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae

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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Ecklonia stolonifera

Ecklonia stolonifera is a brown alga in the kelp family Lessoniaceae, native to coastal waters around Japan and the Kore...

Commercial Japan Kelp Brown Algae

6.5 Fair

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Sargassum fusiforme

Sargassum fusiforme is a species of brown algae commonly known as hijiki. It grows in shallow coastal waters of East Asi...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.2 Fair

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Saccharina longissima

Saccharina longissima is a kelp with a long, ribbon-like blade that grows in cold North Pacific waters. It belongs to th...

Edible Kelp North Pacific Brown Algae

6.0 Fair

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Kjellmaniella gyrata

Kjellmaniella gyrata is a kelp in the family Laminariaceae native to cold waters of the northwestern Pacific, including...

Edible Kelp North Pacific Brown Algae

5.8 Mediocre

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Sphaerotrichia divaricata

Sphaerotrichia divaricata is a brown alga in the family Chordariaceae. It occurs in the North Pacific and forms soft, ge...

Japan Edible Subtidal Brown Algae

5.5 Mediocre