Galapagos Species Database

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Navicula bulnheimii var. bulnheimii Grunow

Diatomea, Diatom

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Chromista

Phylum
Ochrophyta

Class
Bacillariophyceae

Order
Naviculales

Family
Naviculaceae

Genus
Navicula

Species
bulnheimii

Subspecies
var. bulnheimii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Libellus bulnheimii (Grunow) P.T.Cleve, 1894, Proschkinia bulnheimii (Grunow) Karayeva, 1978, Schizonema bulnheimii (Grunow) Kuntze, 1898 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Gulf of Mexico, Sweden (Horton et al., 2021).

References

  • 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.
  • Seddon, A.W.R. Froyd, C.A. & Witkowski, A. (2011) Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of isolated islands: New taxa in the genus navicula sensu stricto from the Galapagos Islands. Seddon, A. W. R., Froyd, C. A., & Witkowski, A. (2011). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of isolated islands: New taxa in the genus navicula sensu stricto from the Galapagos Islands. Journal of Phycology, 47(4), 861–879.

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