Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Callithamnion americanum Harvey 1853, Pterothamnion americanum (Harvey) Nägeli 1862, Antithamnion americanum (Harvey) Kjellman 1883, Antithamnion occidentale Kylin 1925, Antithamnion simulans N.L.Gardner 1927, Scagelia occidentalis (Kylin) Wollaston 1972, Scagelia simulans (N.L.Gardner) Cormaci & G.Furnari 1989 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (A. occidentale ) Floreana (Silva, 1966).

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