Galapagos Species Database
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Scytonema guyanense var. marinum
Cianobacyerias, Cyanobacterias
Note: Forming a dense stratum on a lava flow in tide pools exposed at low tide (Setchell & Gardner, 1937).
Domain
Prokaryota
Kingdom
Bacteria
Phylum
Cyanobacteria
Class
Cyanophyceae
Order
Nostocales
Family
Scytonemataceae
Genus
Scytonema
Species
guyanense
Subspecies
var. marinum
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Holotype: No. 26480, Herb. Calif. Acad. Sci., collected by J. T Howell (819) May 28, 1932; Type locality: at Northeast side of Fernandina Island (Setchell & Gardner, 1937).
Origin: Native
- 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.
- United States National Herbarium (2022) United States National Herbarium (US-Botany) Https://herbariovaa.org/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=106
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"Galapagos Species Database, Scytonema guyanense var. marinum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11628. Accessed 31 October 2026.