Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Grateloupia clarionensis
Alga roja, Red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Halymeniales
Family
Halymeniaceae
Genus
Grateloupia
Species
clarionensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Prionitis clarionensis (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Kajimura, Polyopes clarionensis Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1937, Carpopeltis clarionensis (Setchell & N.L. Gardner) E.Y. Dawson (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Grateloupia clarionensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19048. Accessed 3 November 2026.