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Eisenia
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Eisenia

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

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Southern sea palm

speciesEisenia arborea

Eisenia bicyclis

speciesEisenia bicyclis

Eisenia galapagensis

speciesEisenia galapagensis

Eisenia cokeri

speciesEisenia cokeri

Eisenia desmarestioides

speciesEisenia desmarestioides

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 125880.