Galapagos Species Database

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

Zygomitus reticulatus Bornet & Flahault

alga verde, Green algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Chlorophyta

Class
Chlorophyceae

Order
Chaetophorales

Family
Chaetophoraceae

Genus
Zygomitus

Species
reticulatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I.: Caleta Tagus - Isabela (Taylor, 1945). Isabela (Silva, 1966)

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
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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, Zygomitus reticulatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7627. Accessed 4 June 2026.