Galapagos Species Database

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

Sargassum pacificum f. congestum Setchell

alga parda, brown algae

 Sargassum pacificum f. congestum , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..
Sargassum pacificum f. congestum , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Ochrophyta

Class
Phaeophyceae

Order
Fucales

Family
Sargassaceae

Genus
Sargassum

Species
pacificum

Subspecies
f. congestum

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1862346 , AHFH249324.

Origin: Endemic

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 I. Punta Albermarle, Bahía Banks - Isabela(Taylor, 1945). Fernandina, Isabela and Floreana (Silva, 1966).

References

  • 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
  • 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.
  • Setchell, W.A. (1937) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 34. Report on the Sargassums. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 22(5): 127-158, pls 28-33.
  • 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, Sargassum pacificum f. congestum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1800. Accessed 22 April 2026.