swap_horiz Iridaea cordata Alternatives

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Chondrus crispus

*Chondrus crispus*, widely known as Irish moss, is a species of red algae that grows abundantly along the rocky coastal...

North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta Irish Moss

8.5 Great

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Osmundea pinnatifida

"Osmundea pinnatifida" is a species of small red algae commonly found on the lower rocky shores of the North Atlantic Oc...

Edible Intertidal North Atlantic Red Algae

8.2 Great

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Kappaphycus alvarezii

Kappaphycus alvarezii is a large tropical red seaweed cultivated extensively as a commercial source of kappa-carrageenan...

Commercial Red Algae Rhodophyta Carrageenan

7.4 Good

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Eucheuma denticulatum

Eucheuma denticulatum is a species of red alga native to the tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific region. It is recognize...

Commercial Red Algae Rhodophyta Carrageenan

7.3 Good

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Corallina officinalis

Corallina officinalis is a calcified, articulated red alga that grows as pink, lilac, or whitish tufts attached mainly t...

Intertidal Calcareous Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.8 Fair

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Mazzaella laminarioides

Mazzaella laminarioides is a Chilean red alga found on rocky intertidal shores. It is known locally as luga corta or lug...

Blade South America Intertidal Red Algae

6.8 Fair

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Gigartina skottsbergii

Gigartina skottsbergii is a large red alga native to subantarctic waters and the southern coasts of South America. It ha...

Commercial South America Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.6 Fair

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Halosaccion glandiforme

Halosaccion glandiforme is a red alga found along Pacific North American coasts. It has a distinctive hollow, bladder-li...

Intertidal North Pacific Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.5 Fair

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Mastocarpus stellatus

Mastocarpus stellatus is a red alga that grows on wave-exposed rocky shores of the North Atlantic and nearby cool-temper...

Intertidal North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.4 Fair

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Kappaphycus striatum

Kappaphycus striatum is a tropical red seaweed in the family Solieriaceae and a commercially cultivated source of carrag...

Commercial Tropical Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.4 Fair

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Corallina elongata

Corallina elongata is an articulated coralline red alga that grows on rocky shores in the Mediterranean and eastern Atla...

Mediterranean Intertidal Calcareous Red Algae

6.3 Fair

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Lithophyllum incrustans

Lithophyllum incrustans is a crustose coralline red alga that forms hard, calcium-carbonate-rich growths on rocky shores...

Intertidal Calcareous Red Algae Rhodophyta

6.0 Fair

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Gigartina pistillata

Gigartina pistillata is a red alga in the family Gigartinaceae occurring in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic. It i...

North Atlantic Subtidal Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.8 Mediocre

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Betaphycus gelatinum

Betaphycus gelatinum is a tropical red alga from the Indo-Pacific and a natural source of beta-carrageenan. This polysac...

Commercial Tropical Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.8 Mediocre

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Acanthophora spicifera

Acanthophora spicifera is a spiny red alga found in tropical and subtropical marine waters. It has branched, spine-cover...

Tropical Intertidal Spiny Red Algae

5.5 Mediocre

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Nemalion helminthoides

Nemalion helminthoides is a soft, cylindrical red alga with a worm-like appearance. It occurs along Atlantic and Mediter...

Intertidal North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.4 Mediocre

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Hypnea musciformis

Hypnea musciformis is a tropical and subtropical red alga found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. It is comme...

Commercial Tropical Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.2 Mediocre

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Lomentaria articulata

Lomentaria articulata is a red alga found along Atlantic European coasts. Its thallus consists of hollow, cylindrical br...

Tubular Intertidal North Atlantic Red Algae

5.2 Mediocre

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Rhodothamniella floridula

Rhodothamniella floridula is a small red alga in the family Nemaliaceae. It forms turf-like growths on intertidal rock s...

Intertidal North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.2 Mediocre

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Ahnfeltiopsis devoniensis

Ahnfeltiopsis devoniensis is a small cartilaginous red alga in the family Phyllophoraceae, also known in older literatur...

Intertidal North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.1 Mediocre