Desmarestia tropica Taylor, 1945
Tropical acidweed
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1972 (Miller et al. 2007)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Known only from two localities: Post Office Bay, Floreana and Caleta Tagus, Isabela (Taylor, 1945:107-108).
Biology
Hypodigm
Type locality: Post Office Bay, Floreana, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Taylor, W. R. (1945). Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galápagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12: i-iv, 1-528, 3 figs, 100 pls. [p. 107-108]
Other references:
Acleto, C. O. (1973). Las algas marinas del Perú. Boletin de la Sociedad Peruana de Botánica 6: 1-164.
Guiry, M. D. Desmarestia tropica Database entry on AlgaeBase. Accessed 18 January 2011. (Available online: https://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=26719)
Miller, K. A., Garske, L. and Edgar, G. (2007). Desmarestia tropica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (https://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 02 June 2013.