Galapagos Species Database

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

Sporochnus rostratus W.R. Taylor

alga parda, brown algae

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1819481 , LAM500927.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Ochrophyta

Class
Phaeophyceae

Order
Sporochnales

Family
Sporochnaceae

Genus
Sporochnus

Species
rostratus

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: Post Office Bay, Isla Santa María, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 106). Holotype: W.R. Taylor No. 34-287A; 19 Jan. 1934; Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 106). Notes: Dredged at sta. 167 from 27 metres’ depth off Post Office Bay.

Origin: Endemic

Status

Vulnerable

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I.: North Bay - Marchena, off Post Office Bay - Floreana, Española (Taylor, 1945). Floreana, Española and Marchena (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
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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, Sporochnus rostratus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8038. Accessed 30 October 2026.