Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.:Asparagopsis delilei Montagne, 1841, Asparagopsis sandfordiana Harvey, 1855, Asparagopsis sanfordiana Harvey, 1855, Dasya delilei Montagne, 1841, Falkenbergia hillebrandii (Bornet) Falkenberg, 1901, Fucus taxiformis Delile, 1813, Lictoria taxiformis (Delile) J.Agardh, 1841, Polysiphonia hillebrandii Bornet, 1883 . Asparagopsis taxiformis (Delile) Collins & Hervey (Horton et al., 2021).The gametophyte generation occurred abundantly on the ocean front reef at Tortuga Bay (D. 22333), while the sporophyte phase, Falkenbergia hillebrandii, was found piphyticon Rhodymenia at a depth of about 8 meters in Academy Bay (D. 22240) (Dawson, 1963:5). A. sanfordiana f. amplisima Ecuador: Archipielago de Colon, floating in some abundance off Pt. Christopher, I. Isabela, no. 34-201, 16 Jan. 1934. Ibid., dredged from 27 meters off Post Office Bay, I. Santa Maria, no. 34-275 (cystocarpic), 19 Jan. 1934. Ibid., dredged from 12.6-18.3 meters, no. 34-366, 27 Jan. 1934 (Taylor, 1945:149).

Taxon origin: Cryptogenic

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Habitat preferences: Tropical and subtropical.

Trophic role: Primary producer

Reproduction mode: Both sexual and asexual

Distribution origin: Indo-Pacific areas. Australia, New Zeland, and perhaps Chile

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Galapagos I.: Tortuga Bay and Academy Bay in Santa Cruz (Dawson, 1963). Native: From Indo-Pacific. Australia, New Zeland, and perhaps Chile; Introduced: Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans (Australia) and Mediterranean Sea. Asia, America: Gulf of California, Revillagigedos, Ecuador (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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