Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Amphiroa anceps
alga roja, red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Corallinales
Family
Lithophyllaceae
Section
Amphiroeae
Genus
Amphiroa
Species
anceps
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Amphiroa dilatata J.V.Lamouroux, 1816, Amphiroa dilitata J.V.Lamouroux, 1816, Amphiroa galaxauroides Sonder, 1848, Bostrychia anceps (Lamarck) Decaisne, Corallina anceps Lamarck, 1815, Galaxaura versicolor Sonder, 1845 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Atlantic Islands, Western Atlantic, South America: Galapagos Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). A. dilatata Floreana and San Cristobal (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011).
- 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.
- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Amphiroa anceps", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11485. Accessed 30 October 2026.