Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Fucus capillaceus S.G.Gmelin 1768, Cornea capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Stackhouse 1809, Gigartina cornea var. capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) S.F.Gray 1821, Sphaerococcus corneus var. capillaceus (S.G.Gmelin) C.Agardh 1822, Sphaerococcus capillaceus (S.G.Gmelin) Naccari 1828, Gelidium corneum var. capillaceum (S.G.Gmelin) Greville 1830, Gelidium capillaceum (S.G.Gmelin) Meneghini 1854, Pterocladia capillacea (S.G.Gmelin) Bornet 1876, Fucus pinnatus Hudson 1762, Fucus corneus var. pinnatus (Hudson) Goodenough & Woodward 1797, Gelidium corneum f. clavatum Ardissone 1874, Gelidium pyramidale N.L.Gardner 1927, Pterocladia densa Okamura 1934 Gelidium okamurae Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1937, Pterocladia pyramidalis (N.L.Gardner) E.Y.Dawson 1945, Pterocladia mexicana W.R.Taylor 1945 Pterocladia robusta W.R.Taylor 1945, Pterocladia okamurae (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) W.R.Taylor 1945, Pterocladia complanata N.H.Loomis 1949, Pterocladia pinnata (Hudson) Papenfuss 1950, Pterocladia lindaueri K.C.Fan 1961 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: (P. okamurae) Ecuador: Galapagos I. near Black Beach Anchorage-Floreana, Salinas, south side of Pta. Santa Elena (Taylor, 1945). (P. pyramidale) Galapagos I. in Isabela and Santa Cruz (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011)

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