swap_horiz Sphacelaria cirrosa Alternatives

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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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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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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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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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Laminaria digitata

Laminaria digitata is a large brown kelp known as oarweed. It grows on rocky shores in the North Atlantic and forms a to...

Kelp North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.2 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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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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Fucus vesiculosus

*Fucus vesiculosus*, commonly called bladderwrack, is a brown alga of rocky intertidal shores in the North Atlantic and...

Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.8 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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Bifurcaria bifurcata

Bifurcaria bifurcata is a brown alga of the northeastern Atlantic, with a range extending from the British Isles toward...

Cylindrical Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae

6.0 Fair

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Cutleria multifida

Cutleria multifida is a brown alga in the family Cutleriaceae. It is distinguished by a heteromorphic life cycle, meanin...

North Atlantic Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

5.9 Mediocre

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Fucus serratus

Fucus serratus, commonly called toothed wrack, is a brown alga native to the North Atlantic. Its flattened blades have r...

Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.8 Mediocre

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Desmarestia aculeata

Desmarestia aculeata is a brown alga recorded from the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Its cells store sulfuric acid i...

Acid North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

5.8 Mediocre

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Notheia anomala

Notheia anomala is a small brown alga in the family Notheiaceae. It is native to Australia and New Zealand and has a spe...

Australia Subtropical Epiphyte Brown Algae

5.7 Mediocre

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Fucus spiralis

Fucus spiralis, commonly known as spiral wrack, is a brown seaweed of the North Atlantic. It occupies the upper intertid...

Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.4 Mediocre

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Antithamnion plumula

Antithamnion plumula is a species of small filamentous red alga in the genus Antithamnion. It is recognized by its delic...

Epiphyte North Atlantic Red Algae Rhodophyta

5.4 Mediocre

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Tilopteris mertensii

Tilopteris mertensii is a small brown alga in the class Phaeophyceae, order Tilopteridales and family Tilopteridaceae. I...

North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

4.8 Poor

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Giffordia sandriana

Giffordia sandriana is a minute, filamentous brown alga in the family Ectocarpaceae. It occurs in temperate Atlantic and...

Epiphyte Widespread Brown Algae Phaeophyta

4.6 Poor

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Myriotrichia clavaeformis

Myriotrichia clavaeformis is a marine brown alga in the order Ectocarpales and family Chordariaceae. It forms a delicate...

Epiphyte North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

4.4 Poor

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Pylaiella littoralis

Pylaiella littoralis is a filamentous marine brown alga. Its finely branched, wiry thalli grow on rock and other hard su...

Epiphyte North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

3.8 Poor