Galapagos Species Database

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Dactylosiphon bullosus (D.A.Saunders) Santiañez, K.M.Lee, S.M.Boo & Kogame in Santiañez

Alga verde, Green algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Ochrophyta

Class
Phaeophyceae

Order
Ectocarpales

Family
Scytosiphonaceae

Genus
Dactylosiphon

Species
bullosus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Colpomenia bullosa (D.A.Saunders) Yamada, 1948, Colpomenia sinuosa f. deformans Setchell & N.L.Gardner, 1903, Scytosiphon bullosus Saunders, 1898 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (C. sinuosa f. deformans)Isabela (Silva, 1966). (C. bullosa) Asia, Australia and New Zealand, America: Alaska, British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington, Chile, Galapagos I. (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • 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. (2013) AlgaeBase World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • Setchell, W.A. (1937) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 34. Report on the Sargassums. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, ser. 4, 22(5): 127-158, pls 28-33.
  • 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, Dactylosiphon bullosus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19078. Accessed 30 October 2026.