swap_horiz Sargassum fluitans 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

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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Macrocystis integrifolia

Macrocystis integrifolia is a species of brown algae, commonly known as giant kelp, that forms extensive subtidal forest...

Pacific Kelp Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.3 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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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, 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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Pelagophycus porra

Pelagophycus porra, commonly known as elk kelp, is a large brown macroalga native to the deep marine waters of the Pacif...

North Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta Elk Kelp

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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Nereocystis luetkeana

Nereocystis luetkeana, commonly called bull kelp, is a large annual brown alga native to the northeastern Pacific coast....

Canopy Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.6 Good

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Ectocarpus siliculosus

Ectocarpus siliculosus is a small, filamentous brown alga found in temperate and other coastal marine environments. It g...

Widespread Brown Algae Phaeophyta Filamentous

7.6 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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Egregia menziesii

Egregia menziesii, commonly called feather boa kelp, is a large brown alga in the family Lessoniaceae. It grows on rocky...

Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.4 Good

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Ascophyllum nodosum

Ascophyllum nodosum, commonly known as knotted wrack, is a large brown macroalga prevalent along the rocky coasts of the...

Commercial North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.3 Good

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Hedophyllum sessile

Hedophyllum sessile is a brown kelp in the family Laminariaceae found along the northeastern Pacific coast. Its broad, u...

Kelp Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae

7.3 Good

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Sargassum natans

Sargassum natans is a holopelagic brown alga, meaning that it completes its life cycle while floating in the open ocean...

Pelagic Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.6 Mediocre

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Sargassum vulgare

Sargassum vulgare is a brown alga in the family Sargassaceae, occurring in tropical and subtropical parts of the Atlanti...

Atlantic Intertidal Subtidal Brown Algae

5.4 Mediocre