Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Delesseria leprieurii Montagne 1840, Hypoglossum leprieurii (Montagne) Kützing 1849, Caloglossa leprieurii var. subtilissima G.Martens 1869, Hypoglossum pygmaeum G.Martens 1871, Membranoptera pygmaea (G.Martens) Kuntze 1891, Delesseria pygmaea (G.Martens) Prain 1905, Caloglossa adnata f. divaricata Post 1936, Caloglossa leprieurii f. ceylonensis Post 1936 (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: Ecuador: Bahía San Francisco - Esmeraldas, Galapagos I.: t Punta Albermarle - Isabela, Academy Bay - Santa Cruz (Taylor, 1945). Santa Cruz (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). Atlanctic Islands, Caribbean, Western Atlanctic, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Subantartic Isladas, Pacific Islands, North America, Central and South America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Gulf of California, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Venezuela (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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• 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.
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