Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sargassum obtusifolium
alga parda, brown algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Fucales
Family
Sargassaceae
Genus
Sargassum
Species
obtusifolium
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Sargassum skottsbergii Sjöestedt, fide Guiry & Guiry (2010)
Origin: Native
- 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
- 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.
- Setchell, W.A. (1937) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 34. Report on the Sargassums. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 22(5): 127-158, pls 28-33.
- Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sargassum obtusifolium", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11410. Accessed 2 November 2026.