Galapagos Species Database

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

Chondracanthus chamissoi (C.Agardh) Kützing

Alga roja, Red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Gigartinales

Family
Gigartinaceae

Genus
Chondracanthus

Species
chamissoi

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sphaerococcus chamissoi C.Agardh 1820, Gigartina chamissoi (C.Agardh) J.Agardh 1842, Chondroclonium chamissoi (C.Agardh) Kützing 1849, Sphaerococcus chauvinii Bory 1828, Sphaerococcus lessonii Bory 1828, Rhodymenia chauvinii (Bory) Greville 1830, Gigartina chauvinii (Bory) J.Agardh 1842, Chondracanthus chauvinii (Bory) Kützing 1843, Gigartina lessonii (Bory) J.Agardh 1851, Gigartina glomerata M.Howe 1914, Chondracanthus glomeratus (M.Howe) Guiry 1993, Chondracanthus chamissoi f. lessonii (Bory) C.Y.Rodríguez & Otaíza 2020, Chondracanthus chamissoi f. chauvinii (Bory) C.Y.Rodríguez & Otaíza 2020, Chondracanthus chamissoi f. glomeratus (M.Howe) S.A.Suárez 2021 (Guiry, M D & Guiry, 2021)

Origin: Native

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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Chondracanthus chamissoi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20484. Accessed 5 November 2026.