Galaxaura barbata is a species of Pacific marine algae belonging to the family Galaxauraceae. It is a critically endangered plant.[1]
| Galaxaura barbata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| (unranked): | Archaeplastida |
| Division: | Rhodophyta |
| Class: | Florideophyceae |
| Order: | Nemaliales |
| Family: | Galaxauraceae |
| Genus: | Galaxaura |
| Species: | G. barbata
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| Binomial name | |
| Galaxaura barbata R. Chou, 1945
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Distribution edit
It was located at Post Office Bay, Isla Santa María, Galápagos Islands.[2]
Taxonomy edit
It was named by Ruth Chen-Ying Chou in "Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands." Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 12: i-iv [2][3]
References edit
- ^ "Galaxaura barbata Facts - Photos - Earth's Endangered Creatures". www.earthsendangered.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ a b "Galaxaura barbata R.Chou 1945 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Galaxaura barbata R.Chou, 1945". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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