swap_horiz Phyllospora comosa Alternatives

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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

Giant kelp (*Macrocystis pyrifera*) is the largest known seaweed on Earth, capable of growing 60 meters long and forming...

Commercial Pacific Giant Kelp Brown Algae

8.6 Great

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Postelsia palmaeformis

The sea palm, a brown alga (Laminariaceae) endemic to wave-swept rocky shores of the northeastern Pacific coast of North...

Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.6 Great

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Macrocystis integrifolia

Giant kelp forming subtidal forests along Pacific coasts of North and South America, one of the world's fastest-growing...

Pacific Kelp Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.3 Great

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Saccharina japonica

*Saccharina japonica* is a marine brown alga widely cultivated in East Asia to produce kombu, a staple food ingredient a...

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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Nemacystus decipiens

Nemacystus decipiens is a filamentous brown alga harvested as mozuku in Okinawa, Japan, where it ranks among the most ec...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.1 Great

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Saccharina latissima

*Saccharina latissima*, known as sugar kelp, is a yellow-brown alga widely cultivated in the United States and Europe fo...

Edible Sugar Kelp North Atlantic Brown Algae

7.9 Good

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Pelagophycus porra

Pelagophycus porra, or elk kelp, is a large brown alga described by Setchell and Gardner in 1925, endemic to California'...

North Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta Elk Kelp

7.9 Good

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Undaria pinnatifida

*Undaria pinnatifida*, or wakame, is an edible brown seaweed native to the northwest Pacific that has become a notable i...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.7 Good

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Himanthalia elongata

Edible brown alga (sea spaghetti) native to Atlantic European coasts, commercially harvested in France and Ireland for i...

Edible North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.7 Good

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Nereocystis luetkeana

*Nereocystis luetkeana*, or bull kelp, is an annual brown macroalga prominent along the Pacific Northwest coast, recogni...

Canopy Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.6 Good

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Ectocarpus siliculosus

Filamentous brown alga distributed worldwide, notable as the first brown alga to have its full genome sequenced, publish...

Widespread Brown Algae Phaeophyta Filamentous

7.6 Good

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Eisenia bicyclis

Brown kelp known in Japan as arame, widely cultivated for traditional cuisine and forming dense subtidal forests along J...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.5 Good

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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

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Hormosira banksii

*Hormosira banksii*, commonly called Neptune's necklace, is a brown seaweed dominating rocky shores in southern Australi...

Australia Intertidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

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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Seirococcus axillaris

A large subtidal brown alga (Seirococcaceae) endemic to cool-temperate southern Australian waters, forming dense canopy...

Australia Endemic Subtidal Brown Algae

5.9 Mediocre

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Notheia anomala

A small brown alga (Notheiaceae) endemic to Australia and New Zealand, notable as an obligate epiphyte that grows exclus...

Australia Subtropical Epiphyte Brown Algae

5.7 Mediocre

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Scaberia agardhii

A brown alga (Sargassaceae) found in southern Australia and New Zealand, named in honor of a member of the Agardh family...

Australia Intertidal Subtidal Brown Algae

5.4 Mediocre