Saccharina
Genus of seaweeds
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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]
| Saccharina | |
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| Saccharina latissima | |
Scientific 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 | |
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24 species; see text | |
The commercially important species Saccharina japonica (Laminaria japonica) is cultivated as kombu, a popular food in Japan.[2]
Species
The following is a list of the 24 species of Saccharina:[3][4][5]
- 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
