Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Millerella pannosa
Alga Roja, Red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gelidiales
Family
Gelidiellaceae
Genus
Millerella
Species
pannosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Echinocaulon pannosum Feldmann 1931, Gelidiella pannosa (Feldmann) Feldmann & Hamel 1934, Parviphycus pannosus (Feldmann) G.Furnari 2010, Gelidiella tenuissima Feldmann & Hamel 1936, Parviphycus tenuissimus B.Santelices 2004 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: (G. tenuissima ) Galapagos I. at Santa Cruz and Española (Silva, 1966). Atlantic Islands, Europe, North America, Western Atlantic, Asia (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
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- 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.
- 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, Millerella pannosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19062. Accessed 30 October 2026.