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Chondrus crispus

*Chondrus crispus*, known as Irish moss, is a red alga harvested in the North Atlantic for carrageenan, a polysaccharide...

North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta Irish Moss

8.5 Great

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Kappaphycus alvarezii

*Kappaphycus alvarezii* is a red seaweed originally from the Philippines that is the world's primary commercial source o...

Commercial Red Algae Rhodophyta Carrageenan

7.4 Good

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Eucheuma denticulatum

Red alga native to the tropical Indo-Pacific, one of the world's most cultivated seaweeds for carrageenan, farmed extens...

Commercial Red Algae Rhodophyta Carrageenan

7.3 Good

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Constantinea rosa-marina

Constantinea rosa-marina is a subtidal red alga of the North Pacific, recognized by its distinctive cup-shaped thallus a...

North Pacific Subtidal Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.9 Fair

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Dasya baillouviana

Dasya baillouviana, also known as pompom weed, is a red alga of the family Dasyaceae found in the Mediterranean, notable...

North Atlantic Subtidal Feathery Red Algae

6.8 Fair

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Gigartina skottsbergii

Large red alga native to subantarctic and southern South American coasts, commercially harvested in Chile and Argentina...

Commercial South America Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.6 Fair

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Portieria hornemannii

A red alga of tropical Indo-Pacific reefs, studied as a natural source of halogenated compounds including halymecin that...

Tropical Subtidal Feathery Red Algae

6.6 Fair

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Mastocarpus stellatus

Red alga common on North Atlantic rocky shores, notable for a heteromorphic life cycle in which its crustose phase was l...

Intertidal North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.4 Fair

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Kappaphycus striatum

Tropical red alga native to Southeast Asia and cultivated extensively across the Indo-Pacific and East Africa as one of...

Commercial Tropical Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.4 Fair

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Kallymenia reniformis

Kallymenia reniformis is a red alga of the family Kallymeniaceae found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, recogn...

North Atlantic Subtidal Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.4 Fair

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Iridaea cordata

Red alga native to Pacific coasts of the Americas, notable for its iridescent heart-shaped thallus and use as a source o...

Pacific Intertidal Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.2 Fair

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Laurencia obtusa

Bushy red alga widespread in tropical and subtropical seas, notable for producing a diverse array of halogenated seconda...

Tropical Cylindrical Subtidal Red Algae

6.2 Fair

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Plocamium cartilagineum

A red alga found on temperate Atlantic and Pacific coasts, widely studied for its diverse halogenated monoterpenes with...

North Atlantic Subtidal Feathery Red Algae

6.2 Fair

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Calliblepharis jubata

Calliblepharis jubata is a red alga of the family Cystocloniaceae found along European Atlantic coasts, distinguished by...

Blade North Atlantic Subtidal Red Algae

6.0 Fair

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Halymenia floresia

A red alga of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic in family Halymeniaceae, notable for its gelatinous, translucent, i...

Tropical Subtidal Fan Shaped Red Algae

5.9 Mediocre

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Scinaia forcellata

Scinaia forcellata is a marine red alga belonging to the family Scinaiaceae, characterized by its soft, gelatinous, dich...

Cylindrical North Atlantic Subtidal Red Algae

5.9 Mediocre

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Gigartina pistillata

Red alga (family Gigartinaceae) of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, a source of carrageenan whose taxonomy has un...

North Atlantic Subtidal Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.8 Mediocre

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Betaphycus gelatinum

Tropical red alga of the Indo-Pacific, one of the few natural sources of beta-carrageenan, a structurally distinct hydro...

Commercial Tropical Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.8 Mediocre

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Phyllophora crispa

A red alga once forming massive underwater accumulations in the northwestern Black Sea called Zernov's Phyllophora field...

Black Sea Subtidal Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.8 Mediocre

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Schizymenia dubyi

Schizymenia dubyi is a red alga of the family Schizymeniaceae occurring in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean, recogni...

North Atlantic Subtidal Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.8 Mediocre