Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Amphiroa isioides J.V.Lamouroux, Amphiroa spina Kützing 1843, Amphiroa amethistina Zanardini 1844, Amphiroa inordinata Zanardini 1844, Amphiroa rigida var. antillana Børgesen 1917 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: Europa, Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, America: Gulf California, Mexico, Texas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

• Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
• 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.