AlgaeTraits - Galaxaura rugosa (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux, 1816

Distribution The occurrence of Galaxaura rugosa is questionable in the Mediterranean according to the latest review by Cormaci et al. (2004). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). Galaxaura rugosa (J.Ellis & Solander) J.V.Lamouroux, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145739 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2010-12-13 10:09:16Z

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Guiry, Michael D.

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Nomenclature

original description (of Galaxaura subverticillata Kjellman, 1900) Kjellman, F. R. (1900). Om Floridé-släget Galaxaura, dess organografi och systematik. Kongl. Vetenskaps-Adademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm. 33(1): 1-109. [details]

original description (of Galaxaura flagelliformis Kjellman, 1900) Kjellman, F. R. (1900). Om Floridé-släget Galaxaura, dess organografi och systematik. Kongl. Vetenskaps-Adademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm. 33(1): 1-109. [details]

original description (of Galaxaura tomentosa Kützing, 1858) Kützing, F. T. (1858). Tabulae phycologicae; oder, Abbildungen der Tange. Nordhausen: Gedruckt auf kosten des Verfassers (in commission bei W. Köhne). Vol. VIII pp. i-ii, 1-48. [details]

original description (of Galaxaura elongata J.Agardh, 1876) Agardh, J. G. (1876). Species genera et ordines algarum, seu descriptiones succinctae specierum, generum et ordinum, quibus algarum regnum constituitur. Volumen tertium: De Florideis curae posteriores. Epicrisis systematis Floridearum. Lipsiae [Leipzig]: apud T.O. Weigel. pp. [ii*-iii*], [i]-[viï], [1]-724. [details]

original description (of Holonema liebmannii Areschoug, 1854) Areschoug, J.E. (1854). Phyceae novae et minus cognitae in maribus extraeuropaeis collectae. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. series 3 1: 329-372. [details]

original description (of Spongotrichum dichotomum Kützing, 1847) Kützing, F. T. (1847). Diagnosen und Bemerkungen zu neuen oder kritischen Algen. Botanische Zeitung. 5: 1-5, 22-25, 33-38, 52-55, 164-167, 177-180, 193-198, 219-223. [details]

original description (of Galaxaura intricata Kjellman, 1900) Kjellman, F. R. (1900). Om Floridé-släget Galaxaura, dess organografi och systematik. Kongl. Vetenskaps-Adademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm. 33(1): 1-109. [details]

original description (of Actinotrichia lapidescens Vickers, 1897) Vickers, A. (1897 '1896'). Contributions a la flora algologique des Canaries. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique. 4: 293-306, pl. 3. [in French]. [details]

basis of record Guiry, M.D. (2001). Macroalgae of Rhodophycota, Phaeophycota, Chlorophycota, and two genera of Xanthophycota, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 20-38 (look up in IMIS) [details]

Other

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

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context source (Bermuda) Schneider, C. W. (2003). An annotated checklist and bibliography of the marine macroalgae of the Bermuda Islands. Nova Hedwigia, 76(3-4): 275-361 [details]

additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors

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additional source Fredericq, S., T. O. Cho, S. A. Earle, C. F. Gurgel, D. M. Krayesky, L. E. Mateo-Cid, A. C. Mendoza-González, J. N. Norris, and A. M. Suárez. 2009. Seaweeds of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 187–259 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. I. Biodiversity, pp. 187-259. Texas A&M Univ. Press. [details]

additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]

additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions. 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]

additional source Verlaque, M.; Ruitton, S.; Mineur, F.; Boudouresque, C.-F. (2007). CIESM Atlas of Exotic Macrophytes in the Mediterranean Sea. Rapport de la Commission de l'Exploration de la mer Méditerranée, Monaco. 38., available online at http://www.ciesm.org/atlas/appendix4.html#top [details] Available for editors

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additional source Silva, P. C.; Basson, P. W.; Moe, R. L. (1996). Catalogue of the benthic marine algae of the Indian Ocean. University of California Publications in Botany. 79: 1-1259., available online at https://books.google.be/books?hl=pt-PT&lr=&id=vtBdDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR11&dq=Catalogue+of+the+benthic+marine+algae+of+the+Indian+Ocean&ots=FL-YOKu8Cx&sig=3PmT926F1rNHQTf1AhDeY-ztmu4#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20the%20benthic%20marine%20algae%20of%20the%20 [details]

additional source Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2025). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. searched on YYYY-MM-DD., available online at http://www.algaebase.org [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

LSID urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:89138 [details]

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species vector dispersal in Syrian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]

Unreviewed

Distribution The occurrence of Galaxaura rugosa is questionable in the Mediterranean according to the latest review by Cormaci et al. (2004). [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	モツレガラガラ [from synonym]ナガガラガラチャボガラガラ [from synonym]シマガラガラ [from synonym]	[details]