Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Callithamnion microscopicum Nägeli ex Kützing 1849, Chantransia microscopica (Nägeli ex Kützing) Ardissone & Strafforello 1877, Rhodochorton microscopicum (Nägeli ex Kützing) K.M.Drew 1928, Kylinia microscopica (Nägeli ex Kützing) Kylin 1944, Chromastrum microscopicum (Nägeli ex Kützing) Papenfuss 1945, Audouinella microscopica (Nägeli ex Kützing) Woelkerling 1971, Microthamnion marinum Kützing 1853, Chantransia marina (Kützing) De Toni 1924, Rhodochorton hirsutum K.M.Drew 1928, Acrochaetium compactum C.-C.Jao 1936, Acrochaetium microscopicum var. densum Schiffner 1938, Kylinia hirsuta (K.M.Drew) Kylin 1944,Chromastrum hirsutum (K.M.Drew) Papenfuss 1945, Acrochaetium hirsutum (K.M.Drew) P.W.Gabrielson 2000 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Arctic, Atlantic Islands, Europe, Caribbean, Western Atlanctic, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands and America: California, Gulf of California, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Oregon and Washington, Brazil, Colombia, Galapagos Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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