Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Taylor 1937, p. 271, pi. 36, figs. 1-5; Ecuador : Archipielago de Colon, in pools in the lower littoral near Black Beach Anchorage, I. Santa Maria, no. 34-240C, 17 Jan. 1934 (Taylor, 1945:201). Corallina anglica Ellis 1755, Corallina calvadosii J.V.Lamouroux 1816, Corallina cretacea Postels & Ruprecht 1840, Amphiroa cretacea (Postels & Ruprecht) Endlicher 1843, Corallina nana Zanardini 1844, Corallina officinalis f. vulgaris Kützing 1858, Corallina officinalis var. vulgaris Kützing 1858, Corallina compacta P.Crouan & H.Crouan 1867, Corallina officinalis f. profunda Farlow 1881, Corallina officinalis var. profunda Farlow 1881, Corallina officinalis var. nana (Zanardini) Ardissone 1883, Corallina officinalis var. compacta (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Batters 1902, Arthrocardia cretacea (Postels & Ruprecht) Weber Bosse 1904, Corallina officinalis f. nana (Zanardini) Van Heurck 1908, Corallina officinalis var. flabellifera Schiffner 1931, Pachyarthron cretaceum (Postels & Ruprecht) Manza 1937, Corallina officinalis f. compacta (P.Crouan & H.Crouan) Hamel & Me.Lemoine 1953, Bossiella cretacea (Postels & Ruprecht) H.W.Johansen 1969 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Taxon origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: Galapagos I. near Black Beach Anchorage, Floreana (Taylor, 1945). Floreana (Silva, 1966). Galapagos Islands (Miller & Garske, 2011). Artic, Atlantic Islands, Europe, Africa, Caribbean, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, North and South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Venezuela and Galapagos I (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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