Search for a Seaweed or Algal Common Name

Type the common or trivial name into the search box below. If a match is found the search will return a name or a list of common names, the language, the species name (when one was speficied) identified in the reference, and the reference. Click on the species to get more information from AlgaeBase.

Please note that some common names like "dulse", "nori" apply to several species, and names like "kelp" apply to many brown algae with flat laminae. Some freshwater algae are included.

 





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