Galapagos Species Database

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Amphiroa valonioides Yendo

alga roja, red algae

 Amphiroa valonioides , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..
Amphiroa valonioides , CDS specimen herbarium. Photo: Bravo, L..

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Corallinales

Family
Lithophyllaceae

Section
Amphiroeae

Genus
Amphiroa

Species
valonioides

Taxon category: Accepted

Ecuador: Esmeraldas, Bahia San Francisco, 11 Feb 1934, WRT-34_484 (holotype AHFH, isotype MICH). Galapagos Islands: I. Santiago, Crossland s.n. (holotype, A. annulata, BM) Isla Wenman, 11 Jan 1934, WRT-88A (US). Isla Fernandina, 25 Jul 1938, W.L. Schmitt - 16-38 (US) ((Norris & Johansen, 1981:23)

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

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

Distribution: Ecuador: Esmeraldas, San Francisco Bay, Galapagos Islands: Santiago, Wolf, Fernandina (Norris & Johansen, 1981). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011).

References

  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
  • Norris, J. N. Johansen, H. W. (1981) Articulated Coralline Algae of the Gulf of California, Mexico, I: Amphiroa Lamouroux.
  • 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 valonioides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8220. Accessed 31 October 2026.