Galapagos Species Database

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Hildenbrandia rubra (Sommerfelt) Meneghini

alga roja, red algae

Taxonomy

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

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011)

References

  • 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 unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.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.