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Brown alga -
Desmarestia aculeata


Scientific names: The group esmarestia is named after the French zoologist and palaeontologist Anselme Gaëtan Desmareste, who lived 1784-1838. The Latin aculeatus means thorny or shooting, while aculeus, also Latin, means thorn.

Desmarestia aculeata     Other names


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