Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Lithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) Foslie

Alga roja, Red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Corallinales

Suborder
Eudermaptera

Superfamily
Forficuloidea

Family
Lithophyllaceae

Section
Lithophylleae

Genus
Lithophyllum

Species
racemus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Millepora racemus Lamarck 1816, Nullipora racemus (Lamarck) Eudes-Deslongchamps 1824, Lithothamnion racemus (Lamarck) Areschoug 1852, Lithothamniscum racemus (Lamarck) Heydrich 1900, Stichospora racemus (Lamarck) Heydrich 1901, Pseudolithophyllum racemus (Lamarck) M.L.Mendoza & Cabioch 1984, Nullipora racemosa Blainville 1834, Lithothamnion crassum Philippi 1837, Lithophyllum crassum (Philippi) Heydrich 1897, Lithophyllum duckerae Woelkerling 1983 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (L. duckerae) Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). (L. crassum) Galapagos I. at Floreana (Silva, 1966). (L. racemus) Atlanctic Islands, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, America: Argentina, Temperature South America (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.
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Lithophyllum racemus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19117. Accessed 31 October 2026.