Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Brachysira aponina
diatomea, Diatom
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Naviculales
Family
Brachysiraceae
Genus
Brachysira
Species
aponina
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Schizonema aponinum (Kützing) Kuntze 1898, Navicula aponina Kützing 1844, Navicula perlepida Grunow 1884, Navicula lineola var. perlepida (Grunow) Cleve 1894, Caloneis perlepida (Grunow) A.Berg 1952, Navicula interruptestriata Simonsen 1961, Caloneis savitschii Karayeva 1975, Navicula dvorachekii Ehrlich 1978 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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.
- 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, Brachysira aponina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16634. Accessed 15 May 2026.