Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sarcodiotheca ecuadoreana
alga roja, red algae
INA (2021) UC University Herbarium has a Collection of Marine Algal TYPE of Galapagos I. UC1884251 , AHFH3230.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Solieriaceae
Genus
Sarcodiotheca
Species
ecuadoreana
Taxon category: Accepted
Type locality: Post Office Bay, I. Santa María, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (Taylor 1945: 224, 225). Type: W.R. Taylor no. 34-359; 29 January 1934; Hancock Foundation (Taylor 1945: 224, 225). Notes: Type (cystocarpic and tetrasporic) dredged from 13-18 metres’ depth.
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galapagos i.: Punta Cristóbal (Pt. Christopher), Caleta Tagus - Isabela, opposite Gordon Rocks - Santa Cruz, off Post Office Bay - Floreana, Baltra (Taylor, 1945). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011)
- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
- 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, Sarcodiotheca ecuadoreana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8293. Accessed 3 November 2026.