Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: Post Office Bay, Charles Island, Galápagos (Dawson 1953: 142). Holotype: St. George Expedition; 1923-24; Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Dawson 1953: 142). Notes: An Isotype fragment is on sheet 54099 in HAHF (Dawson,1953: 142). Galapagos. Ile James, James Bay, station 2, dragué à 15 brasses (27 mètres). — Ile Charles, Post Office Bay, à marée basse (Lemoine, 1929: 76). Archipielago de Colon, dredged from 3.5-5.5 m depth in the bay, I. Santa Fe, sta. 46, Schmitt no. 46C-33, 2 Feb. 1933. Ibid., intertidal on the lower rocks, and in the deeper tide pools near Black Beach Anchorage, I. Santa Maria, nos. 34-236, 34-240B, 34-244B, 17 Jan. 1934. Ibid., intertidal on an islet in Gardner Bay, I Espanola, no. 34-429, 31 Jan. 1934 (Taylor, 1945: 192).

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: Post Office Bay - Floreana and James Bay - Santiago (Lemoine, 1929). Santiago, Floreana, Española and Sta. Fe (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). Asia, America: Mexico, Perú and Galapagos Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021). Santa Fe, Black Beach – Floreana, Islote Gardner Bay – Española (Taylor, 1945).

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