Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rhizoclonium robustum
alga verde, Green algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Class
Ulvophyceae
Order
Cladophorales
Family
Cladophoraceae
Genus
Rhizoclonium
Species
robustum
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: Type: CAS 236507, leg. J.T. Howell (170a), 11.vi.1932; Type locality: In tide pools at low tide. North Seymour I. (Setchell & Gardner, 1937). INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1862345 , CAS236507.
Origin: Endemic
- 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
- 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.
- Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
- Setchell, W.A. Gardner, N.L. (1937) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 31: A preliminary report on the algae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, series 4, 22(2): 65-98, 1 fig, plates 3-25.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Rhizoclonium robustum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7603. Accessed 31 October 2026.