Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Gelidium cartilagineum (Linnaeus) Gaillon, Asperocaulon coccineum (Hudson) Greville, 1824, Delesseria coccinea (Hudson) C.Agardh, 1817, Delesseria plocamium C.Agardh, 1822, Delesseria plocamium var. uncinata C.Agardh, 1822, Ellisius coccinea (Hudson) S.F.Gray, 1821, Fucus cartilagineus Linnaeus, 1753, Fucus coccineus Hudson, 1778, Fucus plocamium S.G.Gmelin, 1768, Nereidea coccinea (Hudson) Stackhouse, 1809 , Plocamium angustum var. pusillum (Sonder) Harvey, 1863, Plocamium cartilagineum var. uncinatum (C.Agardh) Guiry ex Benhissoune et al., 2002, Plocamium cartilagineum var. uncinatum (C.Agardh) M.J.Wynne, 2002, Plocamium coccineum Lyngbye, 1819, Plocamium coccineum f. binderianum (Kützing) Hauck, 1883, Plocamium coccineum f. uncinatum (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1852, Plocamium coccineum var. ß subtile Lyngbye, 1819, Plocamium coccineum var. subtile Lyngbye, 1819, Plocamium coccineum var. uncinatum (C.Agardh) J.Agardh, 1842, Plocamium pusillum Sonder, 1845, Plocamium subtile Kützing, 1866, Plocamium uncinatum (C.Agardh) Kützing, 1866, Plocamium vulgare J.V.Lamouroux, 1813 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Taxon origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (G. cartilagineum) Mexico: Baja California, near South Bay, I. Cerros, rare at Ba. Thurloe, Pto. San Bartolome (Taylor, 1945). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). Atlantic Islands, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, America: Alaska, Baja California, Columbia, Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Chile, Galapagos I., Perú, Venezuela (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

• Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
• 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
• Farlow, W.G. (1902) Algae. In: B.L. Robinson: Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Amerc. Acad. Arts Sc. 38(4): 89-99, N.S. 14 (Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapagos Islands)
• Miller, K.A. Garske, L.E. (2011) Galápagos Seaweeds. unpublished manuscript, 49 pp.
• 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.

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