Asparagopsis taxiformis
| Limu Kohu | |
|---|---|
| Asparagopsis taxiformis in Mayotte. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Bonnemaisoniales |
| Family: | Bonnemaisoniaceae |
| Genus: | Asparagopsis |
| Species: | A. taxiformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Trevis. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Asparagopsis sanfordiana | |
Asparagopsis taxiformis (red sea plume or limu kohu), formerly A. sanfordiana, is a species of red algae, with cosmopolitan distribution in tropical to warm temperate waters. Researchers have demonstrated that feeding ruminants a diet containing 0.2% A. taxiformis seaweed reduced their methane emissions by nearly 99 percent.
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