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.

— Wikipedia

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Chromista (Kelp, diatoms, and allies)
  - Phylum: Ochrophyta
    - Class: Phaeophyceae (Brown algae)
      - Subclass: Fucophycidae
        Order: Laminariales (Kelps)
        Family: Agaraceae
        Genus: Costaria
        Species: Costaria costata (Seersucker kelp)

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