Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: J.T. Howel No. 405; CAS 236486; Type locality: Albemarle Island, Galapagos Islands (Setchell & Gardner 1937: 82). Note: Albemarle Island, May 22, Howell Nos. 352, 389, 405, 428a, 443, 484; Charles Island, May 15, Howell Nos. 435, and May 17, Howell No. 506; Narborough Island, May 31, Howell No. 875; all Galapagos.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution: Galapagos I.: Fernandina, Isabela and Floreana (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011).

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• 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
• Setchell, W.A. Gardner, N.L. (1937) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 31: A preliminary report on the algae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, series 4, 22(2): 65-98, 1 fig, plates 3-25.
• 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.