Galapagos Species Database

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

Antithamnionella breviramosa (E.Y. Dawson) Wollaston

alga roja, Red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Ceramiales

Family
Ceramiaceae

Section
Dohrnielleae

Genus
Antithamnionella

Species
breviramosa

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Antithamnion breviramosum E.Y.Dawson 1949, Antithamnion breviramosum var. simplex E.Y.Dawson 1957, Antithamnion ternatum A.B.Joly & Cordeiro 1966, Antithamnionella simplex (E.Y.Dawson) Skelton & G.R.South 2007 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Atlanctic Islands, Caribbean, Western Atlantic, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Paficic Islands, America: Florida, Gulf of California, Mexico, North and South California, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Colombia, Galapagos Islands, Venezuela (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • Dawson, E.Y. (1963) New records of marine algae from the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Naturalist 4(1): 1-23.
  • 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, Antithamnionella breviramosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11437. Accessed 31 October 2026.