Seaweed

Photo of detached seaweed frond lying on sand
Dead Man's Fingers (Codium fragile) off Massachusetts coast in the United States
Photo of seaweed with the tip floating at the surface
The top of a kelp forest in Otago, New Zealand

Seaweed is a term used for several kinds of algae that is endemic to the ocean. Red algae, green algae and brown algae are commonly considered to be seaweed.

Seaweed gets its energy from photosynthesis, just as plants do.


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