Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Carpomitra costata
Alga parda, Brown algae, Tassel weed
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Sporochnales
Family
Sporochnaceae
Genus
Carpomitra
Species
costata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Fucus costatus Stackhouse 1802, Fucus cabrerae Clemente 1807, Sporochnus cabrerae (Clemente) C.Agardh 1821, Carpomitra cabrerae (Clemente) Kützing 1843, Carpomitra luxurians W.R.Taylor 1945 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). Type locality: Fowey, Cornwall, England (Womersley 1987: 270). Type: Rashleigh; LINN (Womersley 1987: 270).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Atlantic Islands, Europe, Western Atlantic, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Subantartic Islands, America: Mexico, Brazil (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.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)
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Carpomitra costata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11411. Accessed 3 April 2026.