Table 1.

List of some brown algal species belonging to Fucales and Laminariales (Algabase database) with the common names used in the literature, when available.

Species	Selected Common Names
Fucales
Ascophyllum nodosum (Linnaeus) Le Jolis	Yellow Tang, Knotted wrack, Knobbed Wrack
Cystoseira barbata (Stackhouse) C. Agardh
Cystoseira crinita
Durvillaea antarctica (Chamisso) Hariot	Bull kelp, Cochayugo
Fucus serratus Linnaeus	Serrated wrack, Saw Wrack, Toothed Wrack
Fucus spiralis Linnaeus	Jelly bags, Spiral wrack
Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus	Paddy Tang, Sea ware, Bladder, Rockweed, Bladder wrack
Himanthalia elongata (Linnaeus) S. F. Gray	Sea thong, Sea spaghetti
Hizikia fusiformis or Sargassum fusiforme (Harvey) Setchell	Hai tso, Hijiki
Sargassum crassifolium J. Agardh or Sargassum aquifolium (Turner) C. Agardh	Binder’s Sargassum weed
Sargassum fluitans (Borgesen)
Sargassum horneri (Turner) C. Agardh	Akamoku
Sargassum thunbergii (Mertens ex Roth) Kuntze
Silvetia compressa (J. Agardh)
Laminariales
Alaria angusta
Alaria esculenta	Bladderlocks
Costaria costata (C. Agardh)	Sujime
Ecklonia arborea (Areschoug)
Ecklonia cava Kjellman	Kajime
Ecklonia kurome
Ecklonia stolonifera
Egregia menziesii (Turner) Areschoug	Feather boa, Boa kelp
Eisenia bicyclis (Kjellman) Setchell	Arame, Kajimi, Sagarame
Laminaria cichorioides or Saccharina cichorioides (Miyabe)
Laminaria digitate (Hudson) J. V. Lamouroux	Kombu
Laminaria hyperborea (Gunnerus) Foslie	Cuvie, Forest Kelp, Kelpie
Laminaria japonica Areschoug or Saccharina japonica (Areschoug)	Hai Dai, Sea Tangle, Makombu Tasima, Royal kombu
Laminaria saccharina or Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus)	Sea belt, Sweet Wrack, Sugar Wrack, Karafuto Kombu
Macrocystis pyrifera (Linnaeus) C. Agardh	Giant Kelp, Sea Ivy
Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar	Qun dai cai, Wakame, Sea mustard, Miyok