Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rhizoclonium riparium
alga verde, Green algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Class
Ulvophyceae
Order
Cladophorales
Family
Cladophoraceae
Genus
Rhizoclonium
Species
riparium
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Conferva riparia Roth 1806, Cladophora riparia f. Harvey (Roth) J.D.Hooker & Harvey 1847, Tiresias riparia (Roth) Areschoug 1851, Rhizoclonium hieroglyphicum var. riparium (Roth) Stockmayer 1889, Rhizoclonium panniosum Kützing, Rhizoclonium salinum Kützing, Rhizoclonium implexum (Dillwyn) Kützing 1845, Rhizoclonium kerneri Stockmayer 1890 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galapagos I.: (R. riparium) Punta Albermarle - Isabela (Taylor, 1945). Isabela (Silva, 1966). (R. riparium var. implexum) Punta Albermarle - Isabela (Taylor, 1945). Isabela (Silva, 1966).
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.
- Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.
This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Rhizoclonium riparium", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7601. Accessed 30 October 2026.