Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Synm: Conferva prolifera Roth 1797, Chloronitum proliferum (Roth) Gallion 1828, Chantransia prolifera (Roth) Chevalier 1836, Cladophora multifida Brand, Bryopsis confervoides Decaisne 1841, Cladophora scoparia Kützing 1845, Conferva scoparia (Kützing) Zanardini 1847, Cladophora prolifera var. confertissima Kützing 1849, Cladophora prolifera var. firma Kützing 1849, Cladophora prolifera var. flaccida Kützing 1849, Apjohnia rugulosa (G.Martens) G.Murray 1891, Cladophora prolifera var. scoparia (Kützing) Schiffner 1931 (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: Costa Rica, Ecuador: Galapagos near Black Beach Anchorage -Florena, Guayas of Santa Elena (Taylor, 1945). Floreana (Silva, 1966). Atlantic I., Europe, Africa, Caribbean, America: California, Mexico, Carolina, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Galapagos I., Peru, Venezuela ...

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• 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.
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• 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.