Galapagos Species Database

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

Chaetomorpha brachygona Harvey

alga verde, green algae

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1859348 , AHFH114.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Chlorophyta

Class
Ulvophyceae

Order
Cladophorales

Family
Cladophoraceae

Genus
Chaetomorpha

Species
brachygona

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

References

  • 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.
  • 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, Chaetomorpha brachygona", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16997. Accessed 2 November 2026.