Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bryopsis galapagensis
alga verde, alga filamentosa, Green algae, hair algae
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Bryopsis is Bryopsis pennata J.V.Lamouroux. In Galapagos intertidal zone and pools, moderately frequent on sand near large rocks at about low tide line (Taylor, 1945). INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1859198 , AHFH99.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Class
Ulvophyceae
Order
Bryopsidales
Family
Bryopsidaceae
Genus
Bryopsis
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Type locality: I. Wenman, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 60, 61). Type: W.R. Taylor no. 34-83; 11 Jan. 1934; intertidal in pools. Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 60, 61).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos I.: Isabela, Floreana and Wolf (Silva, 1966). Gulf of California, El Salvador, Perú. Mexico (I. Revillagigedo, 25-32 m, I. Soccoro, 45 m, I. Clarion), Colombia (I. Gorgona), Ecuador (Galapagos Islands: I. Wolf, Pta. Albemarle in Isabela, Post Office Bay in Floreana (Taylor, 1945).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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, Bryopsis galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1810. Accessed 31 October 2026.