Galapagos Species Database

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

Rhizoclonium robustum Setchell & N.L. Gardner

alga verde, Green algae

Taxonomy

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

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I.: S. Seymour (Silva, 1966).

References

  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.