Group Name of the strain Biomass production Total in percentage Macroalgaea - - - Brown algae Laminaria japonica 5,146,883 32.61 Red algae Eucheuma spp. 3,489,388 22.11 Red algae Kappaphycus alvarezii 1,875,277 11.88 Brown algae Undaria pinnatifida 1,537,339 9.74 Red algae Gracilaria verrucosab 1,152,108 7.30 Red algae Porphyra spp. 1,072,350 6.79 Red algae Gracilaria spp.b 565,366 3.58 Red algae Porphyra tenera 564,234 3.57 Red algae Eucheuma denticulatum 258,612 1.64 Brown algae Sargassum fusiforme 78,210 0.50 Brown algae Phaeophyceae 21,747 0.14 Green algae Enteromorpha clathrata 11,150 0.07 Green algae Monostroma nitidum 4,531 0.03 Green algae Caulerpa spp. 4,309 0.03 Green algae Codium fragile 1,394 0.01 Red algae Gelidium amansii 1,200 0.01 Total - 15,784,098 100.00 Microalgaec - - - Blue green algae Arthrospira sp. 3000 - Green algae Chlorella sp. 2000 - Green algae Dunaliella salina 1200 - Green algae Haematococcus pluvialis 3000 - Energy cropsd - - - Corn - 844,405,181 - Palm oil -  45,097,422 - Rapeseed - 59,071,197 - Sugar cane - 1,685,444,531 - Soybean - 261,578,498 - Lignocellulosic biomasse -   - Corn stover - 12.6 - Switchgrass - 9.0 -

aEstimated in wet metric ton and altered from FAO [33]; bWith macroalgae cultured in brackish water [110]; cEstimated in dry metric ton and altered from Hejazi and Wijffels [111], Pulz and Gross [112], Ratledge [113], Lorenz and Cysewski [114]; dEstimated in ton and adjusted from FAO [115]; eEstimated in dry metric ton a hectare and altered from Lemus et al. [116], Shinners and Binversie [117].

Table 5: World production of algae biomass [106].