Description: Very similar to Laminaria hyperborea. To 1.5 m attached to rock by haptera. Distinguishable by its more yellow colour.

Habitat: Rare. Sublittoral.

Distribution: British Isles: England and Wales. Europe: Mediterranean, Portugal, Spain and France. Further afield: Morocco, Canary Islands, Mauritania and West Africa, Namibia.

Similar Species: Laminaria hyperborea and Laminaria digitata.

Distribution Map from NBN: Laminaria ochroleuca at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Laminaria ochroleuca at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

WoRMS: Laminaria ochroleuca at World Register of Marine Species. Accepted name: Laminaria ochroleuca Bachelot de la Pylaie, 1824. AphiaID: 145728.

Classification: Biota; Chromista; Harosa; Heterokonta; Ochrophyta; Phaeophyceae; Fucophycidae; Laminariales; Laminariaceae; Laminaria