Galapagos Species Database
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Peyssonnelia rubra var. rubra
Alga roja, Red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Peyssonneliales
Family
Peyssonneliaceae
Genus
Peyssonnelia
Species
rubra
Subspecies
var. rubra
Taxon category: Accepted
The present variant of this apparently dimorphic species is prevalent. It is characterized by multicellular rhizoids and generally somewhat thicker thallus than var. orientalis (Dawson, 1963); Peyssonelia rubra var. rubra Dawson (Garske, 2002).
Origin: Native
- 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
- Dawson, E.Y. (1963) New records of marine algae from the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Naturalist 4(1): 1-23.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
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"Galapagos Species Database, Peyssonnelia rubra var. rubra", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8273. Accessed 30 April 2025.