Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Dictyota galapagensis (Farlow) De Clerck

alga parda, brown algae

 Dictyota galapagensis , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..
Dictyota galapagensis , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Ochrophyta

Class
Phaeophyceae

Order
Dictyotales

Family
Dictyotaceae

Section
Dictyoteae

Genus
Dictyota

Species
galapagensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Glossophora galapagensis Farlow, fide De Clerck et al. (2006); Type locality: [Albermarle I.] Isabela, Turtle Pt., March 1899, Snodgrass & Heller.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: G. Galapagensis Ecuador : Galapagos Islands north of Tagus Cove - Isabela, Academy Bay - Santa Cruz, near Black Beach Anchorage - Floreana (Taylor, 1945). Isabela, Santa Cruz and Floreana (Silva, 1966).

References

  • Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
  • Garske, L.E. (2002) Macroalgas Marinas. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 419-439.
  • Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2021) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org
  • Farlow, W.G. (1902) Algae. In: B.L. Robinson: Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Amerc. Acad. Arts Sc. 38(4): 89-99, N.S. 14 (Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapagos Islands)
  • De Clerck, O. Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H., Lane, C.E., De Paula, J.C., Payo, D.I. & Coppejans, E. (2006) A revised classification of the Dictyoteae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence data analyses. Journal of Phycology 42: 1271-1288, 6 figs.
  • Silva, P.C. (1966) Status of our knowledge of the Galapagos benthic marine algal flora prior to the Galapagos International Scientific Project. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galapagos Islands Symposium of the Galapagos International Scientific Project. University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 149-156.
  • Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Dictyota galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11400. Accessed 25 April 2025.