Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: James Bay (station 1), James Island, Galapagos Islands (Woelkerling 1998: 324). Holotype fragments: collector not indicated; date not indicated but material forms part of the St George Expedition of 1923-1924 associated with C. Crossland; PC unnumbered, General Herbarium box collection (non-fossil; filed in non-geniculate coralline type collections cabinet under basionym) (Woelkerling 1998: 324).

Origin: Endemic

Distribution: Galapagos I.: Santiago (Taylor, 1945). Santiago (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011)

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