''Eisenia'' is a brown alga genus in the family ''

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''. The genus is named for

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curator,

Gustav Eisen Gustavus Augustus Eisen (August 2, 1847 − October 29, 1940) was a Swedish-American polymath. He became a member of California Academy of Sciences in 1874 and a Life Member in 1883. In 1893, he became the 'Curator of Archaeology, Ethnology, and ...

. The genus was

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by John Erhard Areschoug in Bot. Not. (1876) on page 68 in 1876 ''

Eisenia bicyclis , sea oak is a species of kelp, of the brown algae, best known for its use in Japanese cuisine. Description ''Eisenia bicyclis'' is indigenous to temperate Pacific Ocean waters centered near Japan, although it is deliberately cultured elsewhe ...

'' () is a species of kelp best known for its use in Japanese cuisine.

Species

* ''

Eisenia arborea ''Eisenia arborea'', or the southern sea palm (not to be confused with the sea palm), is a dominant species of kelp that is found on the western Pacific coast of North America, from Vancouver Island, Canada south to Mexico's Isla Magdalena and ...

'' * ''

'' * '' Eisenia cokeri'' * '' Eisenia desmarestioides'' * '' Eisenia galapagensis'' * '' Eisenia gracilis'' * '' Eisenia masonii''

References

External links

* Lessoniaceae Laminariales genera {{Phaeophyceae-stub