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.Laminaria seafarming in China FAO
Species The following is a list of the 24 species of Saccharina:
Saccharina angustata (Kjellman) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina angustissima (Collins) Augyte, Yarish & Neefus Saccharina bongardiana (Postels & Ruprecht) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I. Hansen Saccharina cichorioides (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina coriacea (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina complanata (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Gabrielson, Lindstrom & O'Kelly Saccharina crassifolia (Postels & Ruprecht) Kuntze Saccharina dentigera (Kjellman) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina groenlandica (Rosenvinge) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina gurjanovae (A.D. Zinova) Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I. Hansen Saccharina gyrata (Kjellman) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina japonica (J.E. Areschoug) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina kurilensis C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina lanciformis (Petrov) N.G.Klockova & Beliyi Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina longicruris (Bachelot de la Pylaie) Kuntze Saccharina longipedales (Okamura) C.E. Lane, C. Maves, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina longissima (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina ochotensis (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina religiosa (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina sachalinensis (Miyabe) N.Yotsukura & L.D.Druehl Saccharina sculpera (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders Saccharina sessilis (C. Agardh) Kuntze Saccharina yendoana (Miyabe) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
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