Galapagos Species Database
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Mastogloia braunii f. elongata
diatomea, Diatom
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Mastogloiales
Family
Mastogloiaceae
Genus
Mastogloia
Species
braunii
Subspecies
f. elongata
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Type: A-26618, A-266620 (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), Locality; Isabela Island (Patrick, 1970).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Isabela I. in Tagus Cove and Beagle Crater Lake (Patrick, 1970).
- 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, Mastogloia braunii f. elongata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16705. Accessed 31 October 2026.