Galapagos Species Database

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Scytonema myochrous (Dillwyn) C. Agardh ex Bornet & Flahault

Cianobacteria, Cyanobacteria

This is a freshwater/terrestrial species.

Taxonomy

Domain
Prokaryota

Kingdom
Bacteria

Phylum
Cyanobacteria

Class
Cyanophyceae

Order
Nostocales

Family
Scytonemataceae

Genus
Scytonema

Species
myochrous

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Conferva myochrous Dillwyn 1809, Scytonema tomentosum Kützing 1843, Scytonema cataracta Wood 1869 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I.: Isabela (Silva, 1966). europe, America, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and Pacific Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

References

  • Farlow, W.G. (1902) Algae. In: B.L. Robinson: Flora of the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Amerc. Acad. Arts Sc. 38(4): 89-99, N.S. 14 (Papers from the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapagos Islands)
  • Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2021) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Silva, P.C. (1966) Status of our knowledge of the Galapagos benthic marine algal flora prior to the Galapagos International Scientific Project. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galapagos Islands Symposium of the Galapagos International Scientific Project. University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 149-156.

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