Saccharina
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Name (Latin)
Saccharina
See Also From tracing topical name
Laminariaceae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3010381
Library of congress:
sh2014100177
Sources of Information
- World register of marine species, via WWW, Dec. 14, 2014(Saccharina. Status: accepted. Rank: Genus. Parent: Laminariaceae (Family))
- AlgaeBase, via WWW, Dec. 14, 2014(Saccharina, genus; Family: Laminariaceae)
- Wikipedia, Dec. 14, 2014(Saccharina; a genus of 20 species of Phaeophyceae (brown algae); Family: Laminariaceae)
- The seaweed site, Dec. 15, 2014(Kelps: Laminaria and Saccharina. These are two small genera of large brown seaweeds commonly called kelps. Laminaria and Saccharina species are found on rocky shores at low tide and in the subtidal to depths of 8-30 m in the north Atlantic and north Pacific; some species occur at depths of up to 120 m (Mediterranean and Brazil), but this requires extraordinary water clarity)
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Saccharina latissima
Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5
File:Saccharina latissima.jpg
Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5
Wikipedia description:
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.
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