Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dermocarpa simulans
alga roja, red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Bacteria
Phylum
Cyanobacteria
Class
Cyanophyceae
Order
Pleurocapsales
Family
Dermocarpellaceae
Genus
Dermocarpa
Species
simulans
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: No. 236530, Herb. Calif. Acad. Sci., collected by J. T. Howell (No. 170b) June 11, 1932; Type locality: North Seymour Island, Galapagos (Setchell & Gardner, 1937) Type locality: North Seymour Island, Galápagos (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
Origin: Endemic
- 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.
- Setchell, W.A. Gardner, N.L. (1937) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 31: A preliminary report on the algae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, series 4, 22(2): 65-98, 1 fig, plates 3-25.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Dermocarpa simulans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11623. Accessed 31 October 2026.