Galapagos Species Database

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Paraglossum hancockii (W.R.Taylor) M.J.Wynne

Alga roja, Red algae

(D. hancockii) INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1884206 , LAM500933.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Ceramiales

Family
Delesseriaceae

Section
Apoglosseae

Genus
Paraglossum

Species
hancockii

Taxon category: Accepted

Acc. name: Paraglossum hancockii (W.R.Taylor) M.J.Wynne; Syn.: Delesseria hancockii W.R.Taylor 1945, Pseudolaingia hancockii (W.R.Taylor) M.J.Wynne 1997 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021); Type locality: Academy Bay, I. Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 278). Type: W.R. Taylor no. 34-306; 20 January 1934; Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 278). Notes: Type (tetrasporic) rare as dredged off Academy Bay.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (D. hancockii) Academy Bay - Santa Cruz (Taylor, 1945). Santa Cruz (Silva, 1966). (P. hancockii) Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). (Paraglossum hancockii) America: Galapagos Islands (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. (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.
  • 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.
  • Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • 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.
  • Wynne, M.J. (1997) Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the Delesseriaceae (Rhodophyta). Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 21: 319-334.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Paraglossum hancockii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19113. Accessed 15 December 2025.