Description
Habitat
Ecology: A. galapagensis is the smallest of all the Amphiroa species, growing to 4 cm thallus length (K
.A. Miller pers. comm.
). It has been reported from the intertidal zone (Taylor 1945) and from the subtidal
at 9 m
(2004 UC, K.A. Miller pers. comm.
).[1]
List of Habitats
:9.2Marine Neritic - Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs
12.1Marine Intertidal - Rocky Shoreline
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
()
- Wettstein, 1922
- Red Algae
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Class:
Florideophyceae
()
- Order:
Corallinales
()
- Family:
Corallinaceae
()
-
- Genus:
Amphiroa
()
- Specific epithet:
galapagensis
- W.R. Taylor
- Botanical name: - Amphiroa galapagensis W.R. Taylor
- Specific epithet:
galapagensis
- W.R. Taylor
- Genus:
Amphiroa
(
- Family:
Corallinaceae
(
- Order:
Corallinales
(
- Class:
Florideophyceae
(
- Subphylum:
Macrorhodophytina
(
- Phylum:
Rhodophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Biliphyta
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Guiry M .D.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Amphiroa
There are approximately 128 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
A. aberrans · A. acutiloba · A. algeriensis · A. amethystina · A. anastomosans · A. anastromosans · A. anceps · A. annulata · A. annulata pinnata · A. annulata var. pinnata · A. australis · A. beauvoisii (Rosy Calcareous Algae) · A. beauvoisii crassiuscula · A. beauvoisii var. crassiuscula · A. bowerbankii · A. brasiliana · A. brevianceps · A. breviarticulata · A. californica · A. canaliculata · A. capensis · A. chara · A. charoides · A. chiloensis · A. complanata · A. compressa · A. compressa tenuis · A. compressa var. tenuis · A. corymbosa · A. crassa · A. crassa forma minuta · A. crassa minuta · A. crassissima · A. cretacea · A. crosslandii · A. crustiformis · A. cryptarthrodia · A. cultrata · A. cumingii · A. currae · A. cuspidata · A. cyanthifera · A. cyathifera · A. debilis · A. declinata · A. dilatata · A. dilitata · A. dimorpha · A. drouetii · A. echigoensis · A. elegans · A. ephedraea · A. exilis · A. flabellata · A. foliacea · A. foliacea erecta · A. foliacea forma erecta · A. foliacea forma procumbens · A. foliacea procumbens · A. fragilissima · A. fragilissima cyathifera · A. fragilissima forma cuspidata · A. fragilissima forma cyathifera · A. franciscana · A. franciscana robusta · A. franciscana var. robusta · A. fusoides · A. gaillonii · A. galapagensis · A. galaxauroides · A. gracilis · A. granifera · A. gueinzii · A. hancockii · A. heterocladia · A. howensis · A. inordinata · A. intermedia · A. interrupta · A. irregularis · A. isioides · A. itonoi · A. jubata · A. kuetzingiana · A. magdalenensis · A. mexicana · A. minutissima · A. misakiensis · A. multifida · A. multifida var. minor · A. nodulosa · A. orbigniana · A. orbignyana · A. pacifica · A. parthenopea · A. peninsularis · A. peruana · A. poeppigii · A. polymorpha · A. polysona
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Further Reading
- Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galápagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12 12(iv): 528 pp.
- Wellington, G.M. 1975. The Galápagos coastal marine environments. A resource report to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife.: 357. A resource report to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Quito.
Notes
Contributors
- Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3306033
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Alg-26774
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13279471
- IUCN ID: 63626
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 185580
Footnotes
- Miller, K.A., Garske, L. & Edgar, G. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
