Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Striatella hustedtiana
diatomea, Diatom
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Striatellales
Family
Striatellaceae
Genus
Striatella
Species
hustedtiana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Hyalosira hustedtiana (Patrick) Navarro in Navarro & Williams, 1991 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021) Holotype: Type: ANHP; A-26618 (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia); Type locality: Galapagos Islands-Isabela Island in Tagus Cove Lake (Patrick 1970: 498)
Origin: Endemic
- 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.
- Patrick, R. (1970) The Diatom Flora of Some Lakes of the Galapagos Islands. Nova Hedwigia 31: 495-510.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Striatella hustedtiana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16701. Accessed 31 October 2026.