swap_horiz Sargassum wightii 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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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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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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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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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 maxima

*Ecklonia maxima* is a large brown alga in the kelp order Laminariales, native to the cold, wave-exposed waters of south...

South Africa Commercial Kelp Brown Algae

6.8 Fair

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Lessonia nigrescens

Lessonia nigrescens is a large brown kelp native to rocky coastal habitats of Chile and Peru. It forms a substantial hol...

Commercial South America Kelp Brown Algae

6.8 Fair

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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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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