Top Fifty Searches on AlgaeBase

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AlgaeBase is a database of taxonomic, nomenclatural and distributional information on algae, and it includes images, and common names of seaweeds, freshwater and terrestrial algae. This is a list of the top 50 species searches that have taken place on the site. Each name is clickable. All but one of the names are seaweeds.

Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus Common name(s): Paddy Tang, Bladderwrack. Number of searches to date: 67394

Chondrus crispus Stackhouse Common name(s): Carageen (Irel.), Irish Moss (Engl.), Carrageen Moss (Irel.), Carragheen (Engl.), Carraigín (Irel.), Carraigín Fiadháin (Irel.), Clúimhín Cait (Irel.), Seamuisin; Tochaka (Japanese). Number of searches to date: 49779

Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis Common name(s): Knuppetang, Knotted Wrack, Egg Wrack, Feamainn Bhuí. Number of searches to date: 49346

Eucheuma denticulatum (N.L.Burman) F.S.Collins & Hervey Common name(s): Agar séran laoet. Number of searches to date: 49322

Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) Weber & Mohr Common name(s): Dried dulse; dillisk, dulse; Creathnach; duilleasc. Number of searches to date: 46820

Ecklonia maxima (Osbeck) Papenfuss Common name(s): Sea bamboo. Number of searches to date: 38334

Ulva lactuca Linnaeus Common name(s): Chicory sea lettuce. Number of searches to date: 37420

Laminaria digitata (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux Common name(s): Silketare. Number of searches to date: 37207

Ulva compressa Linnaeus Number of searches to date: 37143

Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt Common name(s): Japweed, Wireweed. Number of searches to date: 35574

Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C.Agardh Common name(s): Birnentang; Giant Kelp; Butterfish kelp; Bladder kelp. Number of searches to date: 33112

Dictyota dichotoma (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux Common name(s): Gemeine Gabelzunge. Number of searches to date: 33042

Laminaria hyperborea (Gunnerus) Foslie Common name(s): Stipites laminariae. Number of searches to date: 29463

Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar Common name(s): Ito-wakame. Number of searches to date: 28963

Gracilaria gracilis (Stackhouse) M.Steentoft, L.M.Irvine & W.F.Farnham Common name(s): Ogunori (Jap.). Number of searches to date: 28292

Delesseria sanguinea (Hudson) J.V.Lamouroux Common name(s): Dock-leaved Delesseria. Number of searches to date: 25798

Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex P.C.Silva Number of searches to date: 22850

Mastocarpus stellatus (Stackhouse) Guiry Common name(s): Carageen (Irel.), Irish Moss (Engl.), Carrageen Moss (Irel.), Carragheen (Engl.), Carraigín (Irel.), Carraigín Fiadháin (Irel.), Clúimhín Cait (Irel.). Number of searches to date: 21310

Codium fragile subsp. tomentosoides (van Goor) P.C. Silva Common name(s): Spongeweed (English). Spúinse (Gaeilge; Irish).. Number of searches to date: 19939

Corallina officinalis Linnaeus Common name(s): Coral moss. Number of searches to date: 19553

Asparagopsis armata Harvey Common name(s): Feamainn mhuirgha. Number of searches to date: 18316

Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J.Agardh Common name(s): Limu Eka. Number of searches to date: 17646

Fucus serratus Linnaeus Common name(s): Hummertang. Number of searches to date: 15502

Phymatolithon calcareum (Pallas) W.H.Adey & D.L.McKibbin Common name(s): Maërl. Number of searches to date: 14962

Ulva rigida C.Agardh Common name(s): Sea Lettuce. Number of searches to date: 14919

Padina pavonica (Linnaeus) Thivy Common name(s): Peacock’s Tail (Engl.). Number of searches to date: 14367

Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E.Lane, C.Mayes, Druehl & G.W.Saunders Number of searches to date: 12677

Fucus spiralis Linnaeus Common name(s): Jelly bags; Spiralled Wrack.. Number of searches to date: 12180

Himanthalia elongata (Linnaeus) S.F. Gray Common name(s): Correas. Number of searches to date: 12162

Chlorella vulgaris Beyerinck [Beijerinck] Number of searches to date: 12098

Saccorhiza polyschides (Lightfoot) Batters Common name(s): Furbelows. Number of searches to date: 11726

Acetabularia acetabulum (Linnaeus) P.C. Silva Number of searches to date: 11687

Tolypiocladia glomerulata (C.Agardh) F.Schmitz Number of searches to date: 11102

Capsosiphon fulvescens (C.Agardh) Setchell & N.L.Gardner Number of searches to date: 10932

Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht Common name(s): Sea Palm (English). Meerespalme (German).. Number of searches to date: 10905

Colpomenia peregrina Sauvageau Common name(s): Voleuse d'huitres; Oyster thief.. Number of searches to date: 10822

Porphyra umbilicalis Kützing Common name(s): Laver-bread. Number of searches to date: 10814

Laminaria pallida Greville Number of searches to date: 10728

Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville Common name(s): Kutare. Number of searches to date: 10727

Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot DurvilleaCommon name(s): Cochayugo (Chile). Number of searches to date: 10708

Ulva intestinalis Linnaeus Number of searches to date: 10553

Pelvetia canaliculata (Linnaeus) Decaisne & Thuret Common name(s): Channel wrack. Number of searches to date: 10022

Rhodothamniella floridula (Dillwyn) Feldmann Number of searches to date: 9946

Macrocystis angustifolia Bory de Saint-Vincent angustifolius Number of searches to date: 9273

Mesophyllum lichenoides (J.Ellis) Marie Lemoine Number of searches to date: 9221

Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevisan de Saint-Léon Common name(s): Supreme Limu. Number of searches to date: 9075

Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye Number of searches to date: 8987

Colpomenia sinuosa (Mertens ex Roth) Derbès & Solier Number of searches to date: 8836

Ostreopsis ovata Fukuyo Number of searches to date: 8797

Corallina elongata J. Ellis & Solander Number of searches to date: 8793