Eisenia | |
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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.[1]
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.