Galapagos Species Database

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

Desmarestia tropica W.R. Taylor

alga parda, brown algae

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1884209 , AHFH143.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Ochrophyta

Class
Phaeophyceae

Order
Desmarestiales

Family
Desmarestiaceae

Genus
Desmarestia

Species
tropica

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: Post Office Bay, Isla Santa María, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 107-108). Holotype: W.R. Taylor No. 34-388; 29 Jan. 1934; dredged from 60 m. NOT in Peru (Acleto 1973; annotation by A. Peters in UC)

Origin: Endemic

Status

Critically endangered

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I.: Off Post Office Bay - Floreana (Taylor, 1945). Floreana (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
  • 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.
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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, Desmarestia tropica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8019. Accessed 30 October 2026.