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Heteroleibleinia willei (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) Guiry & D.M.John

Cyanobacteria filamentosa, Filamentous cyanobacteria

This is a freshwater species

Taxonomy

Domain
Prokaryota

Kingdom
Bacteria

Phylum
Cyanobacteria

Class
Cyanophyceae

Order
Synechococcales

Family
Synechococcales

Genus
Heteroleibleinia

Species
willei

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Leibleinia willei (Setchell & N.L.Gardner) P.C.Silva 1996, Lyngbya epiphytica Wille 1913, Lyngbya nordgaardii Wille 1919, Leibleinia nordgaardii Anagnostidis & Komárek 1988 (Guiry & Guiry, 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Galapagos I.: (L. epiphytica) Wolf (Taylor, 1945). Wolf (Silva, 1966).

References

  • Guiry, M.D. Guiry, G.M. (2021) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org
  • 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, Heteroleibleinia willei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19093. Accessed 30 October 2026.