Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Gelidium pusillum var. pacificum W.R. Taylor

alga roja, red algae

 Gelidium pusillum var. pacificum , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..
Gelidium pusillum var. pacificum , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1884227 , AHFH159.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Gelidiales

Family
Gelidiaceae

Genus
Gelidium

Species
pusillum

Subspecies
var. pacificum

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Type locality: Black Beach Anchorage, Isla Santa Maria, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 153). Holotype: W.R. Taylor no. 34-266; 18 Jan. 1934; on intertidal rocks. Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 153). Notes: Type: tetrasporic.

Origin: Native

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. at Pta. Albemarle-Isabela, Black Beach Anchorage-Floreana (Taylor, 1945). Australia and New Zealand, Africa, Asia, America: El Salvador, Panama, 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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 pusillum var. pacificum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1340. Accessed 2 February 2025.