Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Navicula phylleptosomaformis
diatomea, Diatom
Environment: brackish (Guiry & Guiry, 2021) Only known with certainty from late-Holocene sediments in the Galapagos Islands
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Naviculales
Family
Naviculaceae
Genus
Navicula
Species
phylleptosomaformis
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: Slide no. 15228 in Coll. A. Witkowski Institute of Marine Sciences University of Szczecin (SZCZ), Isotypes: Slide no. BM101453 in the Diatom Collection of the Natural History Museum of London and slide no. CDS-44675 at the Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos; Type locality: Galapagos, Isabela Island, Diablas Lagoon (Seddon et al., 2011).
Origin: Endemic
- Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2013) 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.
- Seddon, A.W.R. Froyd, C.A. & Witkowski, A. (2011) Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of isolated islands: New taxa in the genus navicula sensu stricto from the Galapagos Islands. Seddon, A. W. R., Froyd, C. A., & Witkowski, A. (2011). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of isolated islands: New taxa in the genus navicula sensu stricto from the Galapagos Islands. Journal of Phycology, 47(4), 861–879.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Navicula phylleptosomaformis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16527. Accessed 30 October 2026.