Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sargassum ilicifolium var. compactum
alga parda, brown algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Fucales
Family
Sargassaceae
Genus
Sargassum
Species
ilicifolium
Subspecies
var. compactum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Sargassum compactum Bory de Saint-Vincent, fide Grunow (1915)
Origin: Native
- Grunow, A. (1915) Additamenta ad cognitionem Sargassorum. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 65: 329-448.
- 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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"Galapagos Species Database, Sargassum ilicifolium var. compactum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11408. Accessed 2 November 2026.