Bifurcaria galapagensis

Bifurcaria galapagensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fucales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Chromista Subregnum: Harosa Infraregnum: Heterokonta Phylum: Ochrophyta Subphylum: Phaeista Infraphylum: Limnista Superclassis: Fucistia Classis: Phaeophyceae Subclassis: Fucophycidae Ordo: Fucales

Familia: Sargassaceae
Genus: Bifurcaria
Species: Bifurcaria galapagensis

Name

Bifurcaria galapagensis (Piccone & Grunow) Womersley, 1964

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Fucodium galapagense Piccone & Grunow, 1886
• Homotypic
  • Pelvetia galapagensis (Piccone & Grunow) De Toni, 1895
  • Blossevillea galapagensis (Piccone & Grunow) W.R.Taylor, 1945

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
South America: Galápagos Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Womersley, H.B.S. 1964. The morphology and taxonomy of Cystophora and related genera (Phaeophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 12: 53–110, 48 figs, 16 plates. DOI: 10.1071/BT9640053 Reference page. : 104.
• Piccone, A. 1886. Alghe del viaggio di circumnavigazione della Vettor Pisani. Genova: Tip. del R. Istituto sordo-muti. BHL Reference page. : 40, pl. 1: fig. 1; pl. 2: fig. 3
• Taylor, W.R. 1945. Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Hancock Pacific Expeditions. 12: i–iv, 1–528, 3 figs, 100 pls. Online BHL Hathitrust Reference page. : 112, pl. 23
• Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2019. Bifurcaria galapegensis. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Accessed 2019-11-30.

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