Galapagos Species Database

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Gelidium hancockii W.R. Taylor

alga roja, red algae

 Gelidium hancockii , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..
Gelidium hancockii , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I.  UC1884225 , AHFH155.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Gelidiales

Family
Gelidiaceae

Genus
Gelidium

Species
hancockii

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: Black Beach Anchorage, Isla Santa María, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 157, 158). Holotype: W.R. Taylor no. 34-218B; 17 Jan. 1934; Occasional on rocks in the littoral. Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 158). Notes: No. 34-218B (tetrasporic, TYPE), no. 34-215 (tetrasporic), 17 Jan. 1934.

Origin: Endemic

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

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

Distribution: Ecuador: Galapagos I. near Black Beach Anchorage-Floreana (Taylor, 1945). Floreana and Wolf (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). America: Galapagos I. (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
  • 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
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • 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.
  • INA (2021) Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. Compiled by Paul Silva. Available online at http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/CPD/. Page last update February 05, 2020.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Gelidium hancockii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1337. Accessed 2 February 2025.