Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Brachysira aponina Kützing

diatomea, Diatom

Taxonomy

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

References

  • 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.