Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Micraloa elabens Brébisson ex Meneghini 1842, Microcystis elabens (Brébisson) Kützing 1846, Diplocystis elabens (Brébisson) Trevisan 1848,Polycystis elabens (Brébisson) Kützing 1849, Anacystis elabens (Brébisson) Setchell & Gardner 1918, Coccochloris elabens (Brébisson) F.E.Drouet & W.A.Daily 1956, Microcystis elabens var. maior Bachmann 1921, Microcystis aphanothecoides Zalessky 1926, Aphanothece elabens var. minor Nygaard 1929 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution: (C. elebens) Isabela (Silva, 1966). Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, PAcific Islands (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

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