Galapagos Species Database
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Luticola darwinii
Diatomea, Diatom
Environment: brackish, fresh (Horton et al., 2021).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Naviculales
Family
Diadesmidaceae
Genus
Luticola
Species
darwinii
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: Slide no. 20779 (species code 7872 MCCDRS) in Coll. the Herbarium (CDS) of the Charles Darwin Foundation at Galapagos; Type locality: Galápagos Islands: Isabela (Albemarle) Island, Diablas wetlands, 0.95731°S, 90.98685°W, 23 July 2012 (Bak et al., 2017).
Origin: Endemic
- Bak, M. Kociolek, J. P., Langebertalot, L.-B., Lopato, D., Witkowski, A., Zglobicka, I., Seddon, A. W. (2017) Novel diatom species from the freshwater discharge site of Laguna Diablas (Island Isabela-Albemarle) from the Galapagos. Phytotaxa. 311(3): 201-224. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.311.3.1
- Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2013) 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, Luticola darwinii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18559. Accessed 30 October 2026.