Galapagos Species Database

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

Rosenvingea endiviifolia (Martius) M.J.Wynne

Alga parda, Brown algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Ochrophyta

Class
Phaeophyceae

Order
Ectocarpales

Family
Scytosiphonaceae

Genus
Rosenvingea

Species
endiviifolia

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Ulva endiviifolia Martius 1833, Asperococcus intricatus J.Agardh 1847, Encoelium intricatum Liebmann ex Kützing 1849, Asperococcus schrammii P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1865, Hydroclathrus intricatus (J.Agardh) Heydrich 1894, Striaria intricata (Liebmann ex Kützing) Vickers 1908, Rosenvingea intricata (J.Agardh) Børgesen 1914 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (S. endiviifolia) America : Brazil (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Rosenvingea endiviifolia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19126. Accessed 1 November 2026.