Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Dictyota variegata J.V.Lamouroux 1809, Zonaria variegata (J.V.Lamouroux) C.Agardh 1817, Padina variegata (J.V.Lamouroux) Bory 1827, Spatoglossum variegatum (J.V.Lamouroux) Kützing 1849, Gymnosorus variegatus (J.V.Lamouroux) J.Agardh 1894, Pocockiella variegata (J.V.Lamouroux) Papenfuss 1943, Spatoglossum nigrescens (Sonder) Kützing 1849, Orthosorus nigrescens (Sonder) Trevisan 1849, Zonaria latissima Sonder ex Kützing 1859, Stypopodium laciniatum Kützing 1859, Gymnosorus nigrescens (Sonder) J.Agardh 1894, Pocockiella nigrescens (Sonder) Papenfuss 1943 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (P. variegata) Isabela (Silva, 1966). (L. variegata) Atlantic Islands, Europe, Caribbean, Western Atlantic, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands, America: Florida, Gulf of California, Mexico, North Carolina, Texas, Belize, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Chile, Galapagos I and Venezuela (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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• Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
• Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2021) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org
• 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.
• Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.