Galapagos Species Database

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Austrofolium equatorianum (E.Y. Dawson) M.J. Wynne

alga roja, red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Ceramiales

Family
Delesseriaceae

Section
Membranoptereae

Genus
Austrofolium

Species
equatorianum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Bartoniella equatoriana E.Y. Dawson, fide Wynne (1988); Type locality: On intertidal rocks with Gelidium pusillum var. pacificum near Darwin Laboratory, Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Archipelago. Type: Dawson 22370a, 26 Feb 1962.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I. at Academy Bay-Santa Cruz (Dawson, 1963). Galapagos Islands (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.
  • Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • Silva, P.C. (1966) Status of our knowledge of the Galapagos benthic marine algal flora prior to the Galapagos International Scientific Project. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galapagos Islands Symposium of the Galapagos International Scientific Project. University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 149-156.
  • Wynne, M.J. (1988) Austrofolium gen nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Pacific coast of South America. Syst. Bot. 13(1): 111-119.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Austrofolium equatorianum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11461. Accessed 31 October 2026.