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Laminaria japonica (Japanese kelp)
Laminaria japonica is a member of the brown algae belonging to the family Laminariaceae, order Laminariales, class Phaeophyceae. In...
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Caulerpa (sea grapes)
Caulerpa is a common component of seaweed communities in tropical and subtropical waters. Caulerpa lentillifera and...
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Gelidium spp.
Gelidium is a genus containing a number of economically important agar-containing seaweeds or agarophytes. Gelidium is...
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Chondrus crispus (carrageen)
Chondrus crispus, commonly known as carrageen or Irish moss, is a common red alga found on both sides of the North Atlantic....
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Enteromorpha (green nori)
Enteromorpha is a cosmopolitan genus that grows attached to a solid substrate or forms tangled mats on mud and sand flats. It is also...
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Palmaria palmata (dulse)
Palmaria palmata, commonly known as dulse, dillisk (English), dilleasc or creathnach (Irish: shell dulse) is an edible intertidal or...
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Porphyra (nori)
The genus Porphyra was first established by CA Agardh in 1824, with three species, Porphyra laciniata, P. purpurea and...
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Eucheuma spp.
Eucheuma, one of the world's major sources of carrageenan, supports important small-scale industries in many coastal areas in the...
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Grateloupia turuturu
G. turuturu is a nuisance organism that can out-compete many native seaweeds within the low intertidal and shallow subtidal zones due...
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Gracilaria
Agar is a valuable colloid extracted from red algae since ancient times in Japan. Its annual market is about US $140 million (H Porse, Skensved,...
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