Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Achnanthes turgida
diatomea, Diatom
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Achnanthales
Family
Achnanthaceae
Genus
Achnanthes
Species
turgida
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- Ehrenberg, C.G. (1853) Über das mikroskopische Leben der Galápagos-Inseln und über die organische Mischung der dortigen vulkanischen Gebirgsarten, besonders des Palagonits. Monatsberichte Berliner Akad. Wissenschaften 1983: 178-182.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Achnanthes turgida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16721. Accessed 2 November 2026.