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