Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Stenogramma interruptum (C.Agardh) Montagne

alga roja, red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Gigartinales

Family
Phyllophoraceae

Genus
Stenogramma

Species
interruptum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Delesseria interrupta C.Agardh, 1822, Nitophyllum stipitatum Suhr, 1841 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

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

Distribution: Galapagos Islands: off Post Office Bay - Floreana (Taylor, 1945). Floreana (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). Atlantic Islands, Europe, Western Atlantic, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Subantatic Islands and America: Alska, British Columbia, California, Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Revillagiedo, Chile, Galapagos I. and Peru (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • Silva, P.C. (1966) Status of our knowledge of the Galapagos benthic marine algal flora prior to the Galapagos International Scientific Project. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galapagos Islands Symposium of the Galapagos International Scientific Project. University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 149-156.
  • Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Stenogramma interruptum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1224. Accessed 30 October 2026.