Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Dactylosiphon bullosus
Alga verde, Green algae
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: 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).
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- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.