Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gayliella flaccida
alga roja, red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Ceramiales
Family
Ceramiaceae
Section
Ceramieae
Genus
Gayliella
Species
flaccida
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ceramium flaccidum (Harvey ex Kützing) Ardissone, fide Cho et al. (2008)
Origin: Native
- Cho, T.O. Boo, S.M., Hommersand, M.H., Maggs, C.A., McIvor, L.J. & Fredericq, S. (2008) Gayliella gen. nov. in the tribe Ceramieae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morphological evidence. J. Phycol. 44: 721-738, 11 figs.
- 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, Gayliella flaccida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11450. Accessed 3 November 2026.