Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Sarcodiotheca furcata
alga roja, red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Gigartinales
Family
Solieriaceae
Genus
Sarcodiotheca
Species
furcata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Isabela, Santa Cruz, Floreana and S. Symour (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011)
- 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.
- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Sarcodiotheca furcata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8294. Accessed 31 October 2026.