Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Kallymenia latiloba W.R. Taylor (Guiry & Guiry, 2021) Type locality: Gardner Bay, I. Española, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 216, 217). Type: W.R. Taylor no. 34-417; 31 January 1934; frequent as dredged in 37-55 m at sta. 203 from a rocky bottom near an islet in Gardner Bay. Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 216,217). Notes: Type: cystocarpic

Origin: Endemic

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

Distribution: (K. latiloba) Ecuador : Galapagos I. off Tagus Cove- I. Isabela, off Academy Bay- I. Santa Cruz, near an islet in Gardner Bay-I. Española (Taylor, 1945). Isabela, Santa Cruz and Española (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). America: Panama and Galapagos Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

• Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
• 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
• 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.
• Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.