Species
Costaria costata (Seersucker kelp)
Costaria costata. Photo: (c) Rebecca Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Kelps are large brown algae seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales. There are about 30 different genera. Despite its appearance, kelp is not a plant since it is not made of more than one clearly differentiated tissue; it is a heterokont.
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Chromista (Kelp, diatoms, and allies)
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Phylum: Ochrophyta
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Class: Phaeophyceae (Brown algae)
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Subclass: Fucophycidae
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Order: Laminariales (Kelps)
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Family: Agaraceae
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Genus: Costaria
- Species: Costaria costata (Seersucker kelp)
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Genus: Costaria
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Family: Agaraceae
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Order: Laminariales (Kelps)
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Subclass: Fucophycidae
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Class: Phaeophyceae (Brown algae)
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Phylum: Ochrophyta
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Kingdom: Chromista (Kelp, diatoms, and allies)
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