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Centroceras gasparrinii (Meneghini) Kützing

alga roja, red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Ceramiales

Family
Ceramiaceae

Section
Ceramieae

Genus
Centroceras

Species
gasparrinii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Ceramium gasparrinii Meneghini 1844, Centroceras inerme Kützing 1849 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Atlantic Islands, Europe, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands, America: California, Gulf of California, Mexico, Texas, Panama, Brasil and Galapagos Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • 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, Centroceras gasparrinii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11449. Accessed 3 April 2026.