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Laminaria pallida

A large brown kelp (Laminariaceae) forming extensive subtidal forests along the cold upwelling coasts of South Africa an...

South Africa Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

7.2 Good

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Laminaria hyperborea

*Laminaria hyperborea* is a large brown macroalga that forms extensive kelp forests in the Northeast Atlantic and is hea...

Kelp North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

7.0 Good

3

Ecklonia radiata

*Ecklonia radiata* is a dominant habitat-forming seaweed found in the temperate reefs of Australia and New Zealand, supp...

Australia Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

7.0 Good

4

Pterygophora californica

Perennial kelp native to the Pacific coast of North America, among the longest-lived macroalgae known, with individual p...

Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.8 Fair

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Ecklonia brevipes

A subtidal brown kelp (Lessoniaceae) endemic to New Zealand and parts of southern Australia, forming important underwate...

New Zealand Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.5 Fair

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Agarum clathratum

Cold-water kelp with a blade perforated by numerous holes, native to the North Pacific and North Atlantic; its sieve-lik...

North Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.4 Fair

7

Lessonia trabeculata

Subtidal kelp native to the southeastern Pacific coasts of Chile and Peru, commercially harvested as a major source of a...

South America Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.4 Fair

8

Lessonia variegata

A large brown kelp (Lessoniaceae) endemic to New Zealand, forming extensive subtidal and low-intertidal forests that ser...

New Zealand Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.4 Fair

9

Cystoseira tamariscifolia

Mediterranean brown alga notable for vivid blue-green iridescence when submerged and widely used as a bioindicator of cl...

Mediterranean Intertidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.3 Fair

10

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

A tough, strap-like brown alga (Xiphophoraceae) endemic to the coasts of southern Australia and New Zealand, occupying e...

Australia Intertidal Subtidal Brown Algae

6.3 Fair

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Sargassum cristaefolium

Sargassum cristaefolium is a brown alga of the family Sargassaceae common in the Indo-Pacific, recognized by its distinc...

Tropical Indo Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae

6.3 Fair

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Carpophyllum maschalocarpum

A bushy brown alga (Sargassaceae) endemic to New Zealand, among the most abundant canopy-forming seaweeds on shallow sub...

New Zealand Endemic Subtidal Brown Algae

6.2 Fair

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Taonia atomaria

Taonia atomaria is a brown alga of the family Dictyotaceae common in the Mediterranean, recognized by its fan-shaped, di...

Mediterranean Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

6.1 Fair

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Dilophus spiralis

Dilophus spiralis, also classified as Dictyota spiralis, is a brown alga of the family Dictyotaceae found in the Mediter...

Mediterranean Subtidal Spiral Brown Algae

5.7 Mediocre

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Cystoseira compressa

Brown alga found in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, characterized by laterally compressed main axes and used as...

Mediterranean Intertidal Subtidal Brown Algae

5.6 Mediocre

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Dictyopteris polypodioides

Brown alga of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, distinguished by a prominent midrib and pinnate blade arrangement...

Mediterranean Subtidal Fern Like Brown Algae

5.5 Mediocre

18

Halopteris filicina

Delicate brown alga (order Sphacelariales) with pinnately branched, fern-like fronds; widespread in Mediterranean and ea...

Mediterranean Subtidal Fern Like Brown Algae

5.2 Mediocre

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Nereia filiformis

Nereia filiformis is a brown alga of the family Sargassaceae found in the Mediterranean Sea, distinguished by its thread...

Mediterranean Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.2 Mediocre

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Zonaria tournefortii

Brown alga of the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, producing fan-shaped fronds with concentric growth zones and formi...

Mediterranean Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

4.8 Poor