Galapagos Species Database

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Dasya pedicellata stanfordiana (Farlow) J.N.Norris & Bucher

Alga roja, Red algae

Dasya pedicellata stanfordiana,CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: García-Calderón, M..
Dasya pedicellata stanfordiana,CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: García-Calderón, M..

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Ceramiales

Family
Dasyaceae

Genus
Dasya

Species
pedicellata

Subspecies
stanfordiana

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Dasya baillouviana var. stanfordiana (Farlow) J.N. Norris & K.E. Bucher; Syn.: Dasya stanfordiana Farlow 1902, Dasya pedicellata var. stanfordiana (Farlow) E.Y Dawson 1963, Dasya baillouviana var. stanfordiana (Farlow) J.N.Norris & K.E.Bucher 1976 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (D. pedicellata var. stanfordiana) Isabela, Floreana, Española and Wolf (Silva, 1966). America: Golfo de California, Mexico (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • Dawson, E.Y. (1963) Marine red algae of Pacific Mexico. Part 8. Ceramiales: Dasyaceae, Rhodomelaceae. Nova Hedwigia 6: 401-481, pls 126-171.
  • 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.
  • Norris, J.N. Bucher, K.E. (1976) New records of marine algae from the 1974 R/V Dolphin cruise to the Gulf of California. Smithson. Contrib. Bot. 34: i-iv + 1-22.
  • 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.
  • Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
  • WoRMS Editorial Board (2013) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available from http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ

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"Galapagos Species Database, Dasya pedicellata stanfordiana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19066. Accessed 5 April 2026.