Saccharina

Saccharina
	File:Saccharina latissima.jpg
	Saccharina latissima
Scientific classification
(unranked):	SAR
Division:	Heterokontophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Laminariales
Family:	Laminariaceae
Genus:	Saccharina ; Stackh.
Type species
	Saccharina plana Stackh.; = Saccharina latissima (L.) C.E. Lane et al.;
Species
	20 species; see text

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Saccharina is a genus of 20 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]

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 20 species of Saccharina:^[3]^[4]

Saccharina angustata (Kjellman) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl & G.W. Saunders
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 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 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 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

Saccharina
File:Saccharina latissima.jpg
Saccharina latissima
Scientific classification
(unranked):	SAR
Division:	Heterokontophyta
Class:	Phaeophyceae
Order:	Laminariales
Family:	Laminariaceae
Genus:	Saccharina Stackh.
Type species
Saccharina plana Stackh. = Saccharina latissima (L.) C.E. Lane et al.
Species
20 species; see text