Galapagos Species Database

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Rhizoclonium riparium (Roth) Harvey

alga verde, Green algae

Taxonomy

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

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

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).

References

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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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

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"Galapagos Species Database, Rhizoclonium riparium", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7601. Accessed 5 January 2025.