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There are 100-120 species in the kelp forest.Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography estimate kelp forests are home to over 770 species of animals. Over 150 species in the holdfast alone.
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There are about thirty different genera of kelp, comprised of more than a hundred different species. Some of the more common species are list below:

  • Bull-head kelp
  • Giant kelp
  • Kombu
  • Laminaria digitata
  • Laminaria hyperborea
  • Laminaria ochroleuca
  • Laminaria saccharina
  • Laminaria agardhii
  • Laminaria angustata
  • Laminaria bongardina
  • Laminaria cuneifolia
  • Laminaria dentigera
  • Laminaria digitata
  • Laminaria ephemera
  • Laminaria farlowii
  • Laminaria groenlandica
  • Laminaria japonica
  • Laminaria longicruris
  • Laminaria nigripes
  • Laminaria ontermedia
  • Laminaria pallida
  • Laminaria platymeris
  • Laminaria saccharina
  • Laminaria setchellii
  • Laminaria sinclairii
  • Laminaria solidungula
  • Laminaria stenophylla
  • Alaria marginata
  • Costaria costata
  • Ecklonia brevipes
  • Ecklonia maxima
  • Ecklonia radiata
  • Eisena arborea
  • Egregia menziesii
  • Hedophyllum sessile
  • Macrocystis angustifolia
  • Pleurophycus gardneri
  • Pterygophora californica
  • Saccharina japonica
  • Durvillea Antarctica
  • Durvillea willana
  • Durvillaea potatorum
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Giant kelp, Stipate Kelp, and Prostrate Kelp

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There are 30 genera of kelp, and each genera may have multiple species.

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