Galapagos Species Database

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

Laurencia oppositocladia W.R. Taylor

alga roja, red algae

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1884378 , AHFH169.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Ceramiales

Family
Rhodomelaceae

Section
Laurencieae

Genus
Laurencia

Species
oppositocladia

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: Black Beach Anchorage, I. Santa María, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 292, 293). Type: W.R. Taylor no. 34-217A; 17 January 1934; infrequent on littoral rocks. Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 292, 293).

Origin: Endemic

Status

Vulnerable

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I. at Punta Cristóbal (Pt. Christopher) - Isabela (Taylor, 1945). ISabela and Floreana (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011).

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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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, Laurencia oppositocladia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1370. Accessed 2 August 2025.