Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ahnfeltiopsis smithii
alga roja, Red algae
In the high littoral
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Phyllophoraceae
Genus
Ahnfeltiopsis
Species
smithii
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Gymnogongrus smithii W. R. Taylor 1945; Type locality: near Black Beach Anchorage, I. Floreana, Galápagos I, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 239). Type: W.R. Taylor no. 34-241; 17 January 1934; cystocarpic and spermatangial (Taylor, 1945).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: America: Mexico and Galapagos I. (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). Ecuador: Galapagos, Black Beach Anchorage, Floreana, 17 Jan. 1934. (Taylor, 1945)
- 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.
- Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ahnfeltiopsis smithii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11528. Accessed 1 November 2026.