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] The following is a list of the 24 species of Saccharina:[3][4][5]