Galaxaura barbata R.Chou ex W.R.Taylor, 1945
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record 10 October 1963
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: W.R. Taylor No. 34-364 (see: http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=26739 for a fuller account)
One collection of this species is preserved in the University of Southern California Herbarium collection:
AHFH 135735
Full a fuller account, see: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/collections/eng/furtherinfo/1/135735/
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Chou, R. (1945). [description of Galaxaura barbata], p. 139-140. In: Taylor, W. R. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galápagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12: i-iv, 1-528, 3 figures, 100 plates.
Other references:
Dawson, E. Y. (1963). New records of marine algae from the Galápagos Islands. Pacific Naturalist 4: 3-23.
Guiry, M. D. Galaxaura barbarata Database entry on AlgaeBase. Accessed 18 January 2011. (http://www.algaebase.org/search/species/detail/?species_id=26739)
Miller, K. A., Garske, L. and Edgar, G. (2007). Galaxaura barbata. 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.