The soul of drifting algae has been reborn as Dragalmise. It attaches itself to debris on the seafloor, spitting poison at sea Pokémon that try to peck at its algae.
The soul of seaweed adrift in the waves became reborn as this Pokémon. Their poison is strong enough to eat through the hull of a tanker, and they spit it indiscriminately at anything that enters their territory.