Saccharina

Saccharina
Saccharina latissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Laminariales
Family: Laminariaceae
Genus: Saccharina
Stackh.
Type species
Saccharina plana Stackh.
= Saccharina latissima (L.) C.E. Lane et al.
Species

24 species; see text

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).[1]

The commercially important species Saccharina japonica (Laminaria japonica) is cultivated as kombu, a popular food in Japan.[2]

  1. ^ M. D. Guiry. "Kelps: Laminaria and Saccharina". www.seaweed.ie.
  2. ^ Laminaria seafarming in China FAO[1]

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