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Saccharina

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Saccharina
Saccharina latissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Division: Ochrophyta
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]

Species

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The following is a list of the 24 species of Saccharina:[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ↑ M. D. Guiry. "Kelps: Laminaria and Saccharina". www.seaweed.ie. Archived from the original on 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
  2. ↑ Laminaria seafarming in China FAO
  3. ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. "Saccharina". AlgaeBase. University of Galway.
  4. ↑ Lane, C.E.; C. Mayes; L.D. Druehl; G.W. Saunders (2006). "A multi-gene molecular investigation of the kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) supports substantial taxonomic re-organization". Journal of Phycology. 42 (2): 493–512. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00204.x.
  5. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Saccharina Stackhouse, 1809". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-05-11.