swap_horiz Padina pavonica Alternatives

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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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Pterygophora californica

Pterygophora californica is a perennial brown kelp commonly known as stalked kelp. Native to the Pacific coast of North...

Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.8 Fair

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Ecklonia brevipes

Ecklonia brevipes is a brown kelp in the family Lessoniaceae. It is associated with subtidal rocky reefs in cool-tempera...

New Zealand Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.5 Fair

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Agarum clathratum

Agarum clathratum is a cold-water brown kelp commonly called shotgun kelp. It forms a broad blade pierced by many natura...

North Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.4 Fair

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Lessonia trabeculata

Lessonia trabeculata is a large brown kelp native to rocky subtidal shores of Chile and Peru in the southeastern Pacific...

South America Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.4 Fair

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Lessonia variegata

Lessonia variegata is a large brown kelp in the family Lessoniaceae and is endemic to New Zealand. It grows from the low...

New Zealand Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.4 Fair

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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

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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

Xiphophora chondrophylla is a brown alga in the family Xiphophoraceae found on coasts of southern Australia and New Zeal...

Australia Intertidal Subtidal Brown Algae

6.3 Fair

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Sargassum cristaefolium

Sargassum cristaefolium is a brown alga in the family Sargassaceae and occurs in Indo-Pacific marine environments. It is...

Tropical Indo Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae

6.3 Fair

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Alaria marginata

Alaria marginata is a brown alga native to the Pacific coast of North America, with a range extending from Alaska to Cal...

Pacific Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.2 Fair

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Taonia atomaria

Taonia atomaria is a species of brown alga in the family Dictyotaceae. It occurs in the Mediterranean Sea and nearby eas...

Mediterranean Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

6.1 Fair

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Dilophus spiralis

Dilophus spiralis is a brown alga in the family Dictyotaceae and has also been classified under the name Dictyota spiral...

Mediterranean Subtidal Spiral Brown Algae

5.7 Mediocre

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Cystoseira compressa

Cystoseira compressa is a brown alga occurring in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It has main axes...

Mediterranean Intertidal Subtidal Brown Algae

5.6 Mediocre

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Dictyopteris polypodioides

Dictyopteris polypodioides is a brown alga found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Its blades hav...

Mediterranean Subtidal Fern Like Brown Algae

5.5 Mediocre

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Halopteris filicina

Halopteris filicina is a delicate brown alga in the order Sphacelariales. It has pinnately branched fronds with a fern-l...

Mediterranean Subtidal Fern Like Brown Algae

5.2 Mediocre

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Nereia filiformis

Nereia filiformis is a brown alga in the family Sargassaceae, recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. It is distinguished b...

Mediterranean Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.2 Mediocre

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Zonaria tournefortii

Zonaria tournefortii is a brown alga in the family Dictyotaceae, found in the Mediterranean and in warm Atlantic waters....

Mediterranean Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

4.8 Poor