Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Lithothamnion prototypum Foslie 1897, Melobesia prototypa (Foslie) Foslie 1898, Dermatolithon prototypum (Foslie) Foslie 1900, Goniolithon prototypum (Foslie) Setchell & Mason 1943, Tenarea prototypa (Foslie) W.H.Adey 1970, Titanoderma prototypum (Foslie) Woelkerling, Y.M.Chamberlain & P.C.Silva 1985, Lithophyllum tessellatum Me.Lemoine 1930, Goniolithon tessellatum (M.Lemoine) Setchell & Mason 1943, Dermatolithon tessellatum (Me.Lemoine) Me.Lemoine 1971, Tenarea tessellata (Lemoine) Littler ex Adey et al. 1982, Titanoderma tessellatum (Me.Lemoine) Woelkerling, Y.M.Chamberlain & P.C.Silva 1985 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011)

• 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
• Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
• Woelkerling, W.J. Campbell, S.J. (1992) An account of the southern Australian species of Lithophyllum (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Botany 22: 1-107, 63 figs, 13 tables, 4 maps.