Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Fauchea galapagensis W.R. Taylor, fide Rodríguez-Prieto, C. et al. (2007); Type locality: off Post Office Bay, I. Santa María, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 246, 247). Type: W.R. Taylor no. 34-375; 29 January 1934; Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 246, 247). Notes: Type (cystocarpic) dredged from 55 m off Post Office Bay ; ibid., dredged from a rocky bottom at 37-55 m near an islet in Gardner Bay, I. Española, no 34-413 (spermatangial), 31 Jan. 1934 (Taylor, 1945).

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (F. galapagensis) Ecuador: Galapagos I. off Post Office Bay-Floreana, near an islet in Gardner Bay-Española (Taylor, 1945). Floreana and Española (Silva, 1966). America: California, Galapagos I. (Guiry & Guiry, 2021)

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