Eisenia (alga)

Eisenia
Eisenia bicyclis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Laminariales
Family: Lessoniaceae
Genus: Eisenia
J.E. Areschoug, 1876
Species

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Eisenia is a brown alga genus in the family Lessoniaceae. The genus is named for California Academy of Sciences curator, Gustav Eisen.

The genus was circumscribed by Johan Erhard Areschoug in Bot. Not. (1876) on page 68 in 1876

Eisenia bicyclis (the arame (荒布)) is a species of kelp best known for its use in Japanese cuisine.

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