Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hildenbrandia rubra
alga roja, red algae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Rhodophyta
Class
Florideophyceae
Order
Hildenbrandiales
Family
Hildenbrandiaceae
Genus
Hildenbrandia
Species
rubra
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.:Hildenbrandia nardiana Zanardini, 1839, Hildenbrandia nardoi Zanardini, 1840, Hildenbrandia prototypus Nardo, 1834, Hildenbrandia rosea Kützing, 1843, Hildenbrandia rosea var. fuscescens Caspary, 1871, Hildenbrandia sanguinea Kützing, 1843, Rhododermis drummondii Harvey, 1844, Verrucaria rubra Sommerfelt, 1826 (Horton et al., 2021); Hildenbrandia prototypus Nardo, fide Guiry & Guiry (2010)
Origin: Native
- Dawson, E.Y. (1963) New records of marine algae from the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Naturalist 4(1): 1-23.
- 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.
- 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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, Hildenbrandia rubra", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8308. Accessed 31 October 2026.