Galapagos Species Database

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Corallina officinalis var. chilensis (Decaisne) Kützing

alga roja, red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Corallinales

Family
Corallinaceae

Genus
Corallina

Species
officinalis

Subspecies
var. chilensis

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Corallina chilensis Decaisne (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). Lectotype locality: Valparaiso, Chile (Silva & al. 1996: 232).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: C. chilensis Mexico: Baja California, Cabo San Lazaro, I. San Benito, Ecuador: Guayas, on the southern side of Pta. Santa Elena (Taylor, 1945). America: Baja California, California, Oregon, Argentina, Ecuador (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
  • Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2021) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org
  • 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.
  • Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2013) 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, Corallina officinalis var. chilensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11488. Accessed 9 August 2025.