Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Antithamnionella ternifolia
Alga roja, Red algae
(A. veleroae) INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1884187 , AHFH7017.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Ceramiales
Family
Ceramiaceae
Section
Dohrnielleae
Genus
Antithamnionella
Species
ternifolia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Callithamnion ternifolium J.D.Hooker & Harvey 1845 Pterothamnion ternifolium (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) Nägeli 1862, Antithamnion ternifolium (J.D.Hooker & Harvey) De Toni 1903, Callithamnion adnatum J.Agardh 1879, Antithamnionella sarniensis Lyle 1922, Antithamnion sarniensis (Lyle) Feldmann-Mazoyer 1941, Antithamnion veleroae W.R.Taylor 1945, Antithamnionella tasmanica Wollaston 1968 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021);
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galapagos I.: (A. veleroae) Point Cristóbal (Point Christopher) - Isabela, Black Beach Anchorage - Floreana (Taylor, 1945). Isabela and Floreana (Silva, 1966).
- Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
- 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
- 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.
- Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
- 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.
- INA (2021) Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. Compiled by Paul Silva. Available online at http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/CPD/. Page last update February 05, 2020.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Antithamnionella ternifolia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19110. Accessed 29 April 2025.