Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gomphosphaeria aponina
Cianobacteria, Cyanobacteria
This is a freshwater species
Domain
Prokaryota
Kingdom
Bacteria
Phylum
Cyanobacteria
Class
Cyanophyceae
Order
Chroococcales
Family
Gomphosphaeriaceae
Genus
Gomphosphaeria
Species
aponina
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Galapagos I.: Isabela and Fernandina (Taylor, 1945). Isabela (Silva, 1966).
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- 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.
- Taylor, W.R. (1945) Pacific marine algae of the Allan Hancock Expeditions to the Galapagos Islands. Allan Hancock Pac. Expedit., 12, iv+-528.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gomphosphaeria aponina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19085. Accessed 30 October 2026.