Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dictyota binghamiae
alga parda, brown algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Dictyotales
Family
Dictyotaceae
Section
Dictyoteae
Genus
Dictyota
Species
binghamiae
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Pachydictyon binghamiae (J.Agardh) E.Y.Dawson 1950 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). "Is Galapagos dictyotalean entity a new species?" (Miller, K.A. 2011)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Mexico: Baja California intertidal at Point Hughes on Cabo San Lazaro, Ba. Thurloe, Pto. San Bartolome, Panama: off Is. Secas (Taylor, 1945). America: Baja California, British Columbia, California, Mexico, Oregon, Queen Charlotte I. Washington, Panama and Galapagos I. (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
- 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.
- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
- 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, Dictyota binghamiae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1292. Accessed 31 October 2026.