| An Index of Commercially Useful Green Seaweeds (phylum Chlorophyta)
Annual commercial harvest over 6,000 dry metric tons |
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| Genus |
Species |
Trade name |
Tons/yr |
| 1.Acetabularia |
major |
acetabularia |
n/a |
| 2.Capsosiphon |
fulvescens |
capspisiphon |
n/a |
| 3.Caulerpa |
peltata, racemosa, sertularoides taxifolia, & spp. |
sea grape |
810 |
| 4.Codium |
bartletti, edule, fragile, muelleri, taylori, tenue, tomentosum, sinuosa & spp. |
codium |
100 |
| 5.Dictyosphaeria |
cavernosa |
dictyosphaeria |
n/a |
| 6.Enteromorpha |
compressa, clathrata, grevillei, intestinalis, linza, nitidum, lomentaria & spp. |
enteromorpha |
2,400 |
| 7.Monostroma |
nitidum |
monostroma |
1,250 |
| 8.Ulva |
lactuca, pertusa, reticulata & spp. |
sea lettuce |
1,500 |
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