Galapagos Species Database

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

Bryopsis indica var. triseriata E.Y.Dawson

alga verde, alga filamentosa, Green algae, hair algae

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I.  UC1884198 , AHFH74882.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Chlorophyta

Class
Ulvophyceae

Order
Bryopsidales

Family
Bryopsidaceae

Genus
Bryopsis

Species
indica

Subspecies
var. triseriata

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Type locality: A single well-developed tuft on a violently surf-beaten rocky shelf on the seaward side of the point at Punta Suarez, Hood Island. Type: Dawson 22450, 1 March 1962, in Herbarium Allan Hancock Foundation.

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I.: Punta Suarez-Española (Dawson, 1963). Española (Silva, 1966). South America reported for Peru and Galapagos Islands.

References

  • 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.
  • Dawson, E.Y. (1963) New records of marine algae from the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Naturalist 4(1): 1-23.
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Bryopsis indica var. triseriata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1812. Accessed 31 October 2026.