Tosakanori - Tosakanori

Japanese: トサカノリ - とさかのり

A perennial seaweed of the red algae family, the family Miriaceae. It has a soft, flat, membranous thallus that is a beautiful crimson red. Its name comes from the fact that its edges split irregularly and each apex has a crest-like protrusion. Its old name is Torisaka-moss. Its body size is 10-30 centimeters. It grows year-round on the ocean floor at depths of less than 10 meters in the warm and warm open seas west of the Boso Peninsula. It is particularly abundant in warm waters and has long been eaten as a garnish for sashimi, but in recent years it has become increasingly used as a food, being called seaweed salad.

[Moriaki Shinzaki]

[Reference] | Seaweed

Major types of red algae (2) [specimen drawings and photographs]
※Instructor: Makoto Yoshizaki ©Kanezo Otawa ©Shogakukan ">

Major types of red algae (2) [specimen illustrations and labels]

Tosakanori
The red color of Tosakanori is a natural color ©Shogakukan ">

Tosakanori

Blue Crested Nori
Natural red seaweed is soaked in lime water and treated with alkali. ©Shogakukan ">

Blue Crested Nori

White Crested Nori
Natural bleached red seaweed ©Shogakukan ">

White Crested Nori

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

紅藻植物、ミリン科の多年生海藻。柔らかい扁平(へんぺい)膜質の葉状体で、きれいな赤紅色を呈する。名の由来は、縁辺が不規則に裂開し、各頂部はとさか状の突出をもつことによる。古名では鳥坂苔をあてている。体の大きさ10～30センチメートル。房総半島以西の温海・暖海の外海、10メートル以浅の海底に周年生育する。とくに暖海域に多産し、古くから刺身のつまなどで食用とされていたが、ことに近年は海藻サラダなどとよばれて食品的利用が高まっている。

［新崎盛敏］

[参照項目] | 海藻

紅藻植物のおもな種類(2)〔標本画・標本写真〕
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紅藻植物のおもな種類(2)〔標本画・標…

トサカノリ

青トサカノリ

白トサカノリ

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