Galapagos Species Database
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Schizymenia ecuadoreana
alga roja, Red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Nemastomatales
Family
Schizymeniaceae
Genus
Schizymenia
Species
ecuadoreana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aeodes ecuadoreana W.R. Taylor, fide Guiry & Guiry (2010); Post Office Bay, Isla Santa María, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Montagne 1842: 203). Holotype: W.R. Taylor no. 34-295; 19 Jan. 1934; Hancock Foundation (Montagne 1842: 203). Type locality: Dredged in 27 m of water off Post Office Bay, Isla Santa María, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Holotype: W.R. Taylor 34-295; 19 Jan. 1934; cystocarpic; frequent.
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: (A. ecuadoreana) Off Post Office Bay-Floreana (Taylor, 1945). Western Atlantic, America: Mexico, Galapagos Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
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"Galapagos Species Database, Schizymenia ecuadoreana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11535. Accessed 3 November 2026.