Galapagos Species Database
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Microcoleus howellii
Cianobacteria, Cyanobacteria
Note: Mingled with other small algae on rocks (Setchell & Gardner, 1937).
Domain
Prokaryota
Kingdom
Bacteria
Phylum
Cyanobacteria
Class
Cyanophyceae
Order
Oscillatoriales
Family
Microcoleaceae
Genus
Microcoleus
Species
howellii
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: No. 236515, Herb. Calif. Acad. Sci., collected by J. T. Howell (413), Apr. 27, 1932; Type locality: in tide pools at Villamil, Albemarle Island, Galapagos (Setchell & Gardner, 1937).
Origin: Native
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- Setchell, W.A. Gardner, N.L. (1937) The Templeton Crocker Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1932. No. 31: A preliminary report on the algae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, series 4, 22(2): 65-98, 1 fig, plates 3-25.
- 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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"Galapagos Species Database, Microcoleus howellii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11627. Accessed 30 October 2026.