Galapagos Species Database

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Ardreanema seriospora (E.Y. Dawson) R.E. Norris

alga roja, red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Ceramiales

Family
Ceramiaceae

Genus
Ardreanema

Species
seriospora

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Ceramium seriosporum E.Y. Dawson, fide Norris (1994); Type locality: Isla Cuamaño [Caamaño], Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Archipelago (Norris 1994: 154). Type: Dawson; 1963; epiphytic on crustose corallines with Antithamnion veleroae Taylor, intertidal on the seaward side of the island. (Norris 1994: 154).

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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.
  • Dawson, E.Y. (1944) The marine algae of the Gulf of California. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 3: i-v +189-432, Plates 31-77.
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • Norris, R.E. (1994) Notes on some Hawaiian Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyceae), including two new species. Japanese Journal of Phycology 42: 149-155.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Ardreanema seriospora", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8151. Accessed 30 October 2026.