Galapagos Species Database

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Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) F.Weber & D.Mohr

alga roja, red algae

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Rhodophyta

Class
Florideophyceae

Order
Palmariales

Family
Palmariaceae

Genus
Palmaria

Species
palmata

Taxon category: Accepted

Fucus palmatus Linnaeus 1753Ulva palmata (Linnaeus) Withering 1796,Ceramium palmatum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1797,Delesseria palmata (Linnaeus) J.V.Lamouroux 1813,Sarcophylla palmata (Linnaeus) Stackhouse 1816, Halymenia palmata (Linnaeus) C.Agardh 1817Sphaerococcus palmatus (Linnaeus) Wahlenberg 1826,Rhodymenia palmata (Linnaeus) Greville 1830,Isomenia palmata (Linnaeus) Bachelot Pylaie 1830, Fucus ovinus Gunnerus 1766, Fucus dulcis S.G.Gmelin 1768, Ulva delicatula Gunnerus 1776, Ulva caprina Gunnerus 1776, Fucus bullatus O.F.Müller 1777, Fucus foliaceus Strøm 1788, Fucus soboliferus M.Vahl 1792, Fucus caprinus (Gunnerus) Vahl 1794, Fucus delicatulus (Gunnerus) Vahl 1797, Fucus rubens Esper 1799, Fucus sarniensis Mertens 1806, Fucus sarniensis var. tenuissimus Turner 1808, Palmaria expansa Stackhouse 1809, Palmaria lanceolata Stackhouse 1809, Fucus palmatus var. marginifer Turner 1809, Palmaria olivacea Stackhouse 1809, Fucus palmatus var. laciniatus Wahlenberg 1812, Delesseria sobolifera (M.Vahl) J.V.Lamouroux 1813, Delesseria lacera J.V.Lamouroux 1813, Fucus lacerus J.V.Lamouroux 1813, Sarcophylla marginifera (Turner) Stackhouse 1816, Sarcophylla olivacea (Stackhouse) Stackhouse 1816, Hymenophylla sobolifera (M.Vahl) Stackhouse 1816, Halymenia palmata var. marginifera (Turner) C.Agardh 1817,Halymenia palmata var. laciniata (Wahlenberg) C.Agardh 1817,Halymenia sobolifera (M.Vahl) C.Agardh 1817,Halymenia palmata var. simplex C.Agardh 1817,Sphaerococcus sarniensis (Mertens) C.Agardh 1817,Halymenia sobolifera (M.Vahl) C.Agardh 1817,Ulva sobolifera (M.Vahl) Lyngbye 1819,Ulva palmata var. laciniata (Wahlenberg) Lyngbye 1819,Ulva palmata var. marginifera (Turner) Lyngbye 1819,Ulva palmata var. simplex (C.Agardh) Lyngbye 1819,Halymenia palmata var. concatenata C.Agardh 1822,Halymenia palmata var. sarniensis (Mertens) C.Agardh 1822,Halymenia palmata var. delicatula (Gunnerus) C.Agardh 1822,Halymenia lacera (J.V.Lamouroux) J.V.Lamouroux 1824,Fucus rubescens Sommerfelt 1826,Rhodymenia palmata var. sarniensis (Mertens) Greville 1830,Rhodymenia sobolifera (M.Vahl) Greville 1830,Halymenia sarniensis (Mertens) Duby 1830,Rhodymenia palmata var. concatenata (C.Agardh) Liebmann 1839,Sphaerococcus soboliferus (M.Vahl) Kützing 1843,Sphaerococcus palmatus var. prolifer Kützing 1843,Sphaerococcus palmatus var. marginifer (Turner) Kützing 1845,Rhodymenia palmata var. simplex (C.Agardh) Harvey 1849,Rhodymenia palmata var. marginifera (Turner) Harvey 1849,Rhodymenia palmata var. sobolifera (M.Vahl) Harvey 1849,Sphaerococcus palmatus var. concatenatus (C.Agardh) Kützing 1849,Sphaerococcus palmatus var. pinnatus Kützing 1849,Sphaerococcus palmatus var. celicatulus Kützing 1849,Callophyllis soboliferus (M.Vahl) Kützing 1849,Palmaria expansa var. marginifera (Turner) Ruprecht 1850, Rhodymenia palmata f. sobolifera (M.Vahl) J.Agardh 1851Rhodymenia palmata f. prolifera (Kützing) Kjellman 1883,Rhodymenia palmata f. angustifolia Kjellman 1883 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021)

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011)

References

  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Palmaria palmata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8309. Accessed 4 November 2026.