| Saccharina | |
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| Saccharina latissima | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Phaeophyceae |
| Order: | Laminariales |
| Family: | Laminariaceae |
| Genus: | Saccharina Stackh. |
| Type species | |
| Saccharina plana Stackh. = Saccharina latissima (L.) C.E. Lane et al. | |
| Species | |
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24 species; see text | |
Saccharina is a genus of 24 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]
- ^ M. D. Guiry. "Kelps: Laminaria and Saccharina". www.seaweed.ie.
- ^ Laminaria seafarming in China FAO[1]