Galapagos Species Database

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

Polysiphonia sertularioides (Grateloup) J. Agardh

alga roja, red algae

Taxonomy

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

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011)

References

  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.