Galapagos Species Database

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

Amphiroa crustiformis E.Y. Dawson

alga roja, Red algae

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1839095 , AHFH74610.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Corallinales

Family
Lithophyllaceae

Section
Amphiroeae

Genus
Amphiroa

Species
crustiformis

Taxon category: Accepted

TYPE: E. Y. Dawson 22118, February 6, 1962, in Herb. Allan Hancock Foundation. TYPE LOCALITY: On intertidal rocks at about -0.5 foot tide level, reef west of abandoned packing plant, Wreck Bay, San Cristobal Island, Galapagos (Dawson, 1963:7).

Origin: Endemic

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Wreck Bay- San Cristobal (Dawson, 1963). San Cristobal (Silva, 1966). 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.
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Amphiroa crustiformis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8214. Accessed 3 November 2026.