Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Entophysalis conferta
Cianobacteria, Cyanobacteria
Domain
Prokaryota
Kingdom
Bacteria
Phylum
Cyanobacteria
Class
Cyanophyceae
Order
Chroococcales
Family
Entophysalidaceae
Genus
Entophysalis
Species
conferta
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Palmella conferta Kützing 1845,Pleurocapsa conferta (Kuetz.) Setchell 1912 Chlorogloea conferta (Kützing) Setchell & N.L.Gardner 1918 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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.
- Silva, P.C. (1966) Status of our knowledge of the Galapagos benthic marine algal flora prior to the Galapagos International Scientific Project. In: Bowman, R.I. (ed.): The Galapagos Islands Symposium of the Galapagos International Scientific Project. University of California Press, Berkeley, p. 149-156.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Entophysalis conferta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19083. Accessed 31 October 2026.