Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Amphiroa pustulata Martens 1836, Amphiroa complanata Kützing 1843, Amphiroa polyzona Montagne 1846, Amphiroa polysona Montagne 1849, Amphiroa algeriensis Kützing 1857, Amphiroa dubia Kützing 1858, Amphiroa linearis Kützing 1858,Amphiroa parthenopea Zanardini 1874, Amphiroa zonata Yendo 1902, Amphiroa mexicana W.R.Taylor 1945, Amphiroa peninsularis W.R.Taylor 1945, Amphiroa drouetii E.Y.Dawson 1953, Amphiroa franciscana var. robusta E.Y.Dawson 1953 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). For A. peninsularis Ecuador: Esmeraldas, dredged from 5.4 meters' depth off Ba. San Francisco, no. 34-483, 11 Feb. 1934 (Taylor, 1945).

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). Europa, Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australiza and New Zealand, North, Central and South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ecuador & Galapagos Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). A. zonata Sta. Cruz and San Cristobal (Silva, 1966).

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• 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
• 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.
• Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.