Galapagos Species Database

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

Sporolithon pacificum E.Y.Dawson

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Sporolithales

Family
Sporolithaceae

Genus
Sporolithon

Species
pacificum

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Archaeolithothamnion pacificum (E.Y. Dawson) E.Y. Dawson (Guiry & Guiry, 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (A. pacificum) Darwin Station -Santa Cruz (Dawson, 1963). Santa Cruz (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). (S. Pacificum) Western Atlanctic, America: Costa Rica, Brazil (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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, Sporolithon pacificum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19047. Accessed 31 October 2026.