Galapagos Species Database

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

Amphiroa anceps (Lamarck) Decaisne

alga roja, red algae

Taxonomy

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

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).

References

  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.