Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Synm.: Sphaerococcus spinellus C.Agardh 1822, Gigartina spinella (C.Agardh) Greville 1830, Helminthochorton spinellum (C.Agardh) Zanardini 1843 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). Considerd by Guiry & Guiry (2010) as a synonyms of Hypnea cervicornis J. Agardh

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Academy Bay- Santa Cruz, Punta Suarez-Española (Dawson, 1963). Santa Cruz and Española (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011)

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• Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2021) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org
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