Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Polysiphonia sertularioides
alga roja, red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Ceramiales
Family
Rhodomelaceae
Section
Polysiphonieae
Genus
Polysiphonia
Species
sertularioides
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ceramium sertularioides Grateloup 1806, Hutchinsia roseola var. sertularioides (Grateloup) C.Agardh 1828, Neosiphonia sertularioides (Grateloup) K.W.Nam & P.J.Kang 2012, Vertebrata sertularioides (Grateloup) Kuntze 1891, Polysiphonia purpurata Zanardini ex A.De Toni 1907 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
Origin: Native
- Dawson, E.Y. (1963) New records of marine algae from the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Naturalist 4(1): 1-23.
- 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
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Polysiphonia sertularioides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8206. Accessed 31 October 2026.