Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Derbesia marina
alga verde, Green algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Chlorophyta
Class
Ulvophyceae
Order
Bryopsidales
Family
Derbesiaceae
Genus
Derbesia
Species
marina
Taxon category: Accepted
Type: Vaucheria marina Lyngbye 1819: 79, pl. 22A (sporophyte). Type locality: Kvivig, Strømø, Faeroes (Silva et al. 1996: 810)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galapagos I.: Española (Dawson, 1963). Española (Silva, 1966). Artic, Europe, Caribbean Western Atlactic, Africa, Asia, Autralia and New Zealand, North America, Central America, South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Galapagos I., Peru, Venezuela (Guiry & Guiry, 2021)
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- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Derbesia marina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7608. Accessed 30 October 2026.