Galapagos Species Database

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

Botryocladia tenuissima W.R. Taylor

alga roja, red algae

 Botryocladia tenuissima,CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: García-Calderón, M..
Botryocladia tenuissima,CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: García-Calderón, M..

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1884197 , AHFH7215.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Rhodymeniales

Family
Rhodymeniaceae

Genus
Botryocladia

Species
tenuissima

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: Post Office Bay, I. Santa María, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 254). Type: W.R. Taylor no. 34-382A; 29 June 1934; Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 254). Notes: Type (tetrasporic) very rare as dredged from 55 m off Post Office Bay, I. Santa María (Taylor, 1945).

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: Galapagos Islands: off Post Office Bay - Floreana (Taylor, 1945). Floreana (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011).

References

  • Abbott, I.A. (1999) Marine Red Algae of the Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, xv + 477 pp., 133 figs.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Littler, D.S. Littler, M.M. (2003) South Pacific Reef Plants. A diver's guide to the plant life of the South Pacific Coral Reefs. OffShore Graphics, Inc., Washington DC, 331 pp.
  • Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • 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.
  • Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Botryocladia tenuissima", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1789. Accessed 31 October 2026.