Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Herposiphonia secunda f. tenella (C. Agardh) M.J. Wynne; Synm.:Hutchinsia tenella C.Agardh 1828, Polysiphonia tenella (C.Agardh) Moris & De Notaris 1839, Herposiphonia secunda f. tenella (C.Agardh) M.J.Wynne 1985(Guiry & Guiry, 2021). Type locality: D. 21905, Barrington Island; D. 21980, 21988, 22430, 224:38, 22455, Punta Suarez, Hood Island; D. 22248, Academy Bay (Dawson, 1963:19)

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution: Mexico : Nayarit, near I. Maria Magdalena, Las Tres Marias (Taylor, 1945). Galapagos I.: Santa Fe, Punta Suarez -Española and Academy Bay -Sta. Cruz (Dawson, 1963). Sta. Cruz and Española (Silva, 1966). Atlantic Islands, Europe, Caribbean, Western Atlantic, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, America: California, Florida, Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, costa Rica, El Salvador, Revillagigedo, Brazil, Chile, Colombia (Guiry & Guiry, 2021)

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