Saccharina
Saccharina is a genus of 24 species of Phaeophyceae (brown algae). It is found in the north Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean at depths from 8 m to 30 m (exceptionally to 120 m in the warmer waters of the Mediterranean Sea and off Brazil).
The commercially important species Saccharina japonica (Laminaria japonica) is cultivated as kombu, a popular food in Japan.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Sugar Kelp
speciesSaccharina latissima
Kombu
speciesSaccharina japonica
Saccharina longicruris
speciesSaccharina longicruris
Saccharina cichorioides
speciesSaccharina cichorioides
Saccharina diabolica
speciesSaccharina diabolica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130243.