Desmarestia tropica Taylor (1945:107-108)
Tropical acidweed
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Edgar et al., 2010)
Last record: 1972 (Miller et al. 2007)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Floreana (Post Office Bay) & Isabela (Caleta Tagus), Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Type locality: Post Office Bay, Floreana, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Known only from two localities: Post Office Bay, Floreana and Caleta Tagus, Isabela (Taylor, 1945:107-108).
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
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.
Edgar, Graham J., Banks, Stuart A., Brandt, Margarita, Bustamante, Rodrigo H., Chiriboga, Angel, Earle, Sylvia A., Garske, Lauren E., Glynn, Peter W., Grove, Jack S., Henderson, Scott, Hickman, Cleve P., Miller, Kathy A., Rivera, Fernando and Wellington, Gerald M. (2010). El Niño, grazers and fisheries interact to greatly elevate extinction risk for Galapagos marine species. Global Change Biology 16(10): 2876-2890. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02117.x
Edgar, G. and Garske, L. (2004). Conservation Outcomes Indicators for the Galápagos Marine Reserve. Conservation International. 54 pp.
M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 30 November 2004. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 07 October 2023
Miller, K. A., Garske, L. and Edgar, G. (2007). Desmarestia tropica. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 02 June 2013.
Ramírez, M. E. and Santelices, B. (1991). Catálogo de las algas marinas bentónicas de la costa temperada del Pacífico de Sudamérica. Monografías Biológicas 5: 1-437.