Galapagos Species Database

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

Hypoglossum attenuatum var. abyssicola (W.R.Taylor) E.Y.Dawson

Alga roja, Red algae

 Hypoglossum attenuatum var. abyssicola,CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: García-Calderón, M..
Hypoglossum attenuatum var. abyssicola,CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: García-Calderón, M..

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Ceramiales

Family
Delesseriaceae

Section
Hypoglosseae

Genus
Hypoglossum

Species
attenuatum

Subspecies
var. abyssicola

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Syn.: Hypoglossum attenuatum var. abyssicolum (W.R. Taylor) E.Y. Dawson

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: (Hypoglossum a.) Galapagos I.: off Post Office Bay - Floreana (Taylor, 1945).

References

  • Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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, Hypoglossum attenuatum var. abyssicola", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20220. Accessed 4 July 2025.