Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sphacelaria divaricata Montagne 1849, Sphacelaria furcigera Kützing 1855 Sphacelaria variabilis Sauvageau 1901, Sphacelaria iridaeophytica Nagai 1932, Sphacelaria caespitosa Takamatsu 1943, Sphacelaria linearis Takamatsu 1943, Sphacelaria apicalis Takamatsu 1943, Sphacelaria expansa Noda 1969, Sphacelaria iwagaskensis Noda 1970 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (S. fuercigera) Fernandina (Silva, 1966). (S. rigula) Atlanctic Islands, Europe, Caribbean, Western Atlantic, Africa, Indian Ocean, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Subantartic Islands, America: Alaska, Baja California, California, FLorida, Gulf of California, Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Brazil, Galapagos i. and Venezuela (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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