Saccharina
Saccharina is a genus of 24 species of Phaeophyceae. It is found in the north Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean at depths from 8 m to 30 m.
The commercially important species Saccharina japonica is cultivated as kombu, a popular food in Japan.
Species
The following is a list of the 24 species of Saccharina:- Saccharina angustata C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina angustissima Augyte, Yarish & Neefus
- Saccharina bongardiana Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I. Hansen
- Saccharina cichorioides C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina coriacea C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina complanata Gabrielson, Lindstrom & O'Kelly
- Saccharina crassifolia Kuntze
- Saccharina dentigera C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina groenlandica C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina gurjanovae Selivanova, Zhigadlova & G.I. Hansen
- Saccharina gyrata C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina japonica C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina kurilensis C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina lanciformis N.G.Klockova & Beliyi
- Saccharina latissima C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina longicruris Kuntze
- Saccharina longipedales C.E. Lane, C. Maves, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina longissima C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina ochotensis C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina religiosa C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina sachalinensis N.Yotsukura & L.D.Druehl
- Saccharina sculpera C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
- Saccharina sessilis Kuntze
- Saccharina yendoana C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders