Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Fucus implexus Desfontaines 1799, Dictyota dichotoma var. implexa (Desfontaines) S.F.Gray 1821, Dichophyllium implexum (Desfontaines) Kützing 1843, Dictyota dichotoma f. implexa (Desfontaines) Hauck 1883, Dictyota divaricata J.V.Lamouroux 1809, Zonaria divaricata (Lamouroux) C.Agardh 1817, Zonaria linearis C.Agardh 1820, Dictyota linearis (C.Agardh) Greville 1830, Dichophyllium lineare (C.Agardh) Kützing 1843 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: D. divaricata: Mexico: Revillagigedo Braithwaite Bay, I. Soccoro, Ba. Tenacatita; Ecuador: off I. La Plata (Taylor, 1945). Atlantic Islands, Europe, Westwrn Atlantic, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, America: Mexico (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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