How many species are in the kelp forest?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

Giant kelp, Stipate Kelp, and Prostrate Kelp

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

4 types