Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gymnogongrus martinensis
alga roja, red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Phyllophoraceae
Genus
Gymnogongrus
Species
martinensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Type locality: Isla San Martin, Pacific Baja, California, Mexico. (Dawson 1961: 252). Holotype: J. T. Howell 192; Aug. 19, 1932.; Herb. Calif. Acad. Sci. 236483 (Dawson 1961: 252).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). California, Gulf of California, Revillagigedos and Galapagos I. (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gymnogongrus martinensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1358. Accessed 31 October 2026.