Dictyota galapagensis (Farlow) De Clerck, 2006
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Glossophora galapagensis Farlow, 1902
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1974 (Wellington, 1975)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
At least four collections of this species have been preserved in the Charles Darwin Research Station's herbarium collection:
CDS 8575
CDS 17564
CDS 17565
CDS 17566
For full details regarding these collections, see: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/collections/eng/furtherinfo/2/8575/ and http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/collections/eng/furtherinfo/2/17564/ and http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/collections/eng/furtherinfo/2/17565/ and http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/collections/eng/furtherinfo/2/17566/ respectively.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
De Clerck, O. (2006). [url=http://algaebase.org/pdf/562DDF9A13c0d2FCE3ryGI166683/38339.pdf][description of Dictyota galapagensis (Farlow)], p. 1285[/url]. In: De Clerck, O., Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H., Lane, C.E., De Paula, J.C., Payo, D.I. and Coppejans, E. (2006). A revised classification of the Dictyoteae (Dictyotales, Phaeophyceae) based on rbcL and 26S ribosomal DNA sequence data analyses. Journal of Phycology 42: 1271-1288, 6 figs.
Other references:
Guiry, M. D. Dictyota galapagensis Database entry on AlgaeBase. Accessed 18 January 2011. (http://algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=131791)
Mead, G.W., Silva, P.C., Earle, S.A., Rozaire, C.A. and Janss, E. (1972). R/V Searcher Cruise 72-1 Galápagos Islands and Cocos Island. 49 pp.
Miller, K. A., Garske, L. and Edgar, G. (2007). Dictyota galapagensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 02 June 2013.
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. A resource report to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife, Quito. 357 pp.