Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Xenococcus endophyticus
Note: Embedded in the cell wall of Rhizoclonium riparium (Setchell & Gardner, 1937).
Domain
Prokaryota
Kingdom
Bacteria
Phylum
Cyanobacteria
Class
Cyanophyceae
Order
Pleurocapsales
Family
Xenococcaceae
Genus
Xenococcus
Species
endophyticus
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype:No. 236509, Herb. Calif. Acad. Sci., collected by J. T. Howell (429b) May 22, 1932; Type locality: five miles northeast of Webb Cove, Albemarle Island, Galapagos (Setchell & Gardner, 1937).
Origin: Native
- 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.
You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.
This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Xenococcus endophyticus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11625. Accessed 1 November 2026.