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Types of seaweed, kelp and algae in the ocean. Flore de la mer. Brown algae, Dictyota dichotoma 1, peacock's tail, Padina pavonica 2, sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima 3, winged kelp, Alaria esculenta 4, oarwood, Laminaria digitata 5, giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera 6,9, and Lessonia flavicans 7,8. Chromolithograph by Pierre Lackerbauer from Alfred Fredols Le Monde de la Mer, the World of the Sea, edited by Olivier Fredol, Librairie Hachette et. Cie., Paris, 1881. Alfred Fredol was the pseudonym of French zoologist and botanist Alfred Moquin-Tandon, 1804-1863.