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Algae

From microscopic phytoplankton to giant kelp, marine algae produce most of Earth's oxygen and form the base of every ocean food web.

60 species cataloged.

Species

  • Acetabularia acetabulum - Umbrella Algae
  • Corallina officinalis - Coralline
  • Cystoseira amentacea - Mediterranean cystoseira
  • Cystoseira brachycarpa - Short-fruited Cystoseira
  • Fucus vesiculosus - Bladder wrack
  • Laminaria hyperborea - Cuvie
  • Lithophyllum byssoides - Mediterranean rim
  • Macrocystis pyrifera - Giant Kelp
  • Nereocystis luetkeana - Bull Kelp
  • Posidonia oceanica - Neptune grass
  • Sargassum natans - Floating Sargassum
  • Zostera marina - Eelgrass
  • Alaria esculenta - Dabberlocks
  • Asparagopsis armata - Fringed Red Alga
  • Asparagopsis taxiformis - Invasive Red Seaweed
  • Caulerpa cylindracea - Cylindrical Caulerpa
  • Caulerpa prolifera - Leafy caulerpa
  • Caulerpa racemosa - Grape Caulerpa
  • Codium bursa - Ball alga
  • Codium fragile - Dead Man's Fingers
  • Codium tomentosum - Velvet Horn
  • Cymodocea nodosa - Little Neptune grass
  • Cymodocea rotundata - Rounded Cymodocea
  • Cymodocea serrulata - Serrulate Cymodocea
  • Dasycladus vermicularis - Worm alga
  • Dictyota dichotoma - Forkweed
  • Egregia menziesii - Feather Boa Kelp
  • Eisenia arborea - Southern Kelp
  • Enhalus acoroides - Spoon Seagrass
  • Eucheuma denticulatum - Spinous Eucheuma
  • Galaxaura rugosa - Rough Galaxaura
  • Halimeda incrassata - Thickened Halimeda
  • Halimeda opuntia - Opuntia Halimeda
  • Halimeda tuna - Halimeda
  • Halodule uninervis - Single-veined Halodule
  • Halodule wrightii - Dwarf Seagrass
  • Heterozostera tasmanica - Tasmanian Seagrass
  • Jania rubens - Red Jania
  • Laminaria digitata - Oarweed
  • Lithothamnion coralloides - Coralline Lithothamnium
  • Lobophora variegata - Variegated Fan Algae
  • Mastocarpus stellatus - Stellate Mastocarpus
  • Padina pavonica - Peacock's tail
  • Peyssonnelia squamaria - Peyssonnelia
  • Plocamium cartilagineum - Cartilage Plocamium
  • Postelsia palmaeformis - Sea Palm
  • Pterygophora californica - Winged Kelp
  • Saccharina latissima - Sugar Kelp
  • Sargassum filipendula - Filmy Sargassum
  • Sargassum fluitans - Gulf Sargassum