swap_horiz Nemacystus decipiens Alternatives

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Porphyra tenera

Porphyra tenera is a species of red algae, commonly known as *tenera*. Native to Japan and other East Asian coastal regi...

Japan Edible Red Algae Rhodophyta

9.6 Brilliant

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Pyropia yezoensis

*Pyropia yezoensis*, also known as Japanese nori seaweed, is a species of red algae native to Japan’s coastal waters. It...

Japan Edible Red Algae Rhodophyta

9.2 Excellent

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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 pyrifera

Macrocystis pyrifera, commonly known as giant kelp, is a large species of brown algae found in underwater forests along...

Commercial Pacific Giant Kelp Brown Algae

8.6 Great

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Postelsia palmaeformis

Postelsia palmaeformis, commonly known as the sea palm, is a brown alga endemic to the wave-swept rocky shores of the no...

Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.6 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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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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Ecklonia cava

Ecklonia cava is a perennial brown kelp native to temperate coastal waters of East Asia, especially around Korea and Jap...

Japan Edible Kelp Brown Algae

7.4 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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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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Turbinaria conoides

Brown alga native to the Indo-Pacific, bearing conical vesicles and investigated for pharmaceutical potential of its fuc...

Tropical Edible Indo Pacific Brown Algae

6.0 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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Sargassum wightii

Sargassum wightii is a brown alga native to coastal waters around India and Sri Lanka. It is harvested commercially as a...

Commercial India Edible 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