is plant-like in appearance, but is unrelated to true plants, being, instead, a photosynthetic, multicellular stramenopile protist of the SAR supergroup.

Names

The primary common name is derived from the Japanese name wakame (???, ???, ??, ??).
*In English, it can also be called sea mustard.
*In Chinese, it is called qúndài cài (???) or haidài yá (???).

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