Galapagos Species Database

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

Gayliella recticortica (E.Y.Dawson) T.O.Cho & S.M.Boo

Alga roja, Red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Ceramiales

Family
Ceramiaceae

Section
Ceramieae

Genus
Gayliella

Species
recticortica

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Ceramium recticorticum E.Y. Dawson (Guiry & Guiry, 2021) (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (C. recticorticum) Academy Bay- Santa Cruz (Dawson,1963); Santa Cruz (Silva, 1966). North America: Gulf of California, Mexico (Guiry & Guiry, 2021)

References

  • Dawson, E.Y. (1963) New records of marine algae from the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Naturalist 4(1): 1-23.
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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, Gayliella recticortica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19049. Accessed 29 March 2026.