Galapagos Species Database

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

Derbesia prolifica W.R. Taylor

alga verde, Green algae

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1884208 , AHFH7016.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Chlorophyta

Class
Ulvophyceae

Order
Bryopsidales

Family
Derbesiaceae

Genus
Derbesia

Species
prolifica

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: Gardner Bay, Isla Española, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 75). Holotype: W.R. Taylor no. 34-425; 31 Jan. 1934; intertidal pools on an islet. Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 75).

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I.: an islet in Gardner Bay -Espanola (Taylor, 1945). Española (Dawson, 1963). Asia, Africa, America: California, Mexico, Galapagos I. (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • 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
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Derbesia prolifica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7610. Accessed 30 October 2026.