Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pseudostaurosira diablarum
diatomea, Diatom
Environment: fresh (Horton et al., 2021).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Fragilariales
Family
Fragilariaceae
Genus
Pseudostaurosira
Species
diablarum
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype. No. SZCZ 19825 deposited in Coll. A. Witkowski leg. A. Seddon, sample 275 cm 2009, specimen encircled on the holotype slide. Isotype. Here designated slide no. CDS 54837 in Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos (Seddon et al., 2014)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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. Witkowski, A., Froyd, C. A., Kurzydlowski, K. J., Grzonka, J., & Willis, K. J. (2014) Diatoms from isolated islands II: Pseudostaurosira diablarum, a new species from a mangrove ecosystem in the Galápagos Islands. Diatom Research, 29(2), 201–211. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2013.877084
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pseudostaurosira diablarum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=17905. Accessed 2 November 2026.