''Galaxaura barbata'' is a species of Pacific
marine algae belonging to the family
Galaxauraceae
Galaxauraceae is a family of red algae (Rhodophyta) in the order Nemaliales.
The type genus is ''Galaxaura''.
The name ''Galaxauraceae'' was first published by Russian botanist Paulus Horaninow (1796-1865) in 1843.
The family has cosmopolita ...
. It is a
critically endangered plant.
Distribution
It was located at Post Office Bay, Isla Santa María,
Galápagos Islands.
Taxonomy
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
References
Nemaliales
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