Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lyngbya adherens
Cianobacteria filamentosa, Filamentous cyanobacteria
Note: Clinging closely to various small species of Rhodophyceae (Setchell & Gardner, 1937)
Domain
Prokaryota
Kingdom
Bacteria
Phylum
Cyanobacteria
Class
Cyanophyceae
Order
Oscillatoriales
Family
Oscillatoriaceae
Genus
Lyngbya
Species
adherens
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: No. 236520, Herb. Calif. Acad. Sci., collected by J. T. Howell (278) May 17, 1932; Type locality: Charles Island, Galapagos (Setchell & Gardner, 1937).
Origin: Native
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lyngbya adherens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11626. Accessed 30 October 2026.