Galapagos Species Database

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

Callophyllis ligulata W.R. Taylor

alga roja, red algae

INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I.  UC1884200 , AHFH107.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Gigartinales

Family
Kallymeniaceae

Genus
Callophyllis

Species
ligulata

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: between I. Santa María and I. Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 218, 219). Type: W.R. Taylor no. 34-351A; 26 January 1934; Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 218, 219). Notes: Type (cystocarpic) dredged from 106-110 metres’ depth at sta. 190 between I. Santa María and I. Santa Cruz (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Distribution: Colombia, Galapagos Islands between I. Floreana and I. Santa Cruz (Taylor, 1945). Galapagos i. at Santa Cruz and Floreana (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011).

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.
  • Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Callophyllis ligulata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8266. Accessed 31 October 2026.