Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pachymenia saxicola
alga roja, red algae
INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1884243 , AHFH179.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Halymeniales
Family
Halymeniaceae
Genus
Pachymenia
Species
saxicola
Taxon category: Accepted
Type locality: Black Beach Anchorage, Isla Santa María, Galapágos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 207, 208). Holotype: W.R. Taylor no. 34-256; 18 January 1934; Intertidal, appressed to rocks, especially in crevices. AHF Taylor No. 34-256 (Taylor 1945: 207, 208). Cf Pachymenia cuticulosa Howe 1914: 171, Pl. 63, Fig. 44
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos I.: Black Beach Anchorage - Floreana (Taylor, 1945). Galapagos I. at Floreana (Silva, 966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011)
- 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.
- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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, Pachymenia saxicola", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1807. Accessed 31 October 2026.