Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Gigartina tepida Hollenberg (Guiry & Guiry, 2021); Type locality: Upper New Port Bay, Orange, California (: 275). Holotype: Hollenberg 1157, Dec. 8, 1935.

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution: (G. tepida) Galapagos Islands: Isabela (Silva, 1966). (C. tepidus) Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). Middle East, America: California, Gulf of California, Mexico and Galapagos I. (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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