Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sargassum brandegeei
alga parda, brown algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Phaeophyceae
Order
Fucales
Family
Sargassaceae
Genus
Sargassum
Species
brandegeei
Taxon category: Accepted
Type locality: Guaymas, Mexico (Setchell & Gardner 1924: 736). Type: Brandegee no.4; (Setchell & Gardner 1924: 736)
Origin: Native
- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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, Sargassum brandegeei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8027. Accessed 30 October 2026.