Galapagos Species Database

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Cryptonemia limensis (Kützing) J.A. Lewis

alga roja, red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Halymeniales

Family
Halymeniaceae

Genus
Cryptonemia

Species
limensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Kallymenia guaymasensis E.Y. Dawson, Cryptonemia guaymasensis (E.Y. Dawson) E.Y. Dawson, fide Guiry & Guiry (2010). Basionym: Kallymenia guaymasensis E.Y. Dawson 1944: 286, 434, 435, pl. 68: fig. 2 ('Callymenia'). Type locality: Outer Harbour, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico (Dawson 1954: 264). Holotype: Dawson 49-40 on sheet 35, including vial 3 and slides 002-003, 2181-2182; Jan. 22, 1940; On muddy bottom at a depth of 4-6 m (Dawson 1954: 264).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011).

References

  • Dawson, E.Y. (1963) New records of marine algae from the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Naturalist 4(1): 1-23.
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Cryptonemia limensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11543. Accessed 31 October 2026.