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the thallus (or body) consists of flat or leaf-like structures known as blades. Blades originate from elongated stem-like structures, the stipes.

So they dont move on their own but if broken they float and move along the currents .

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Kelp can not move by itself, if kelp has moved from one location to another it is due to the current.

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Kelp moves with the current around it, the same way wind moves trees.

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Kelp does not move generally. It may move with the current or with other forms of life, but as far as moving with pseudopodia, cilia, or flagella it does not.

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