Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Navicula vacillans f. vacillans
Diatomea, Diatom
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Naviculales
Family
Naviculaceae
Genus
Navicula
Species
vacillans
Subspecies
f. vacillans
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Diploneis vacillans (A.Schmidt) Cleve, 1894, Schizonema vacillans (A. Schmidt) Kuntze, 1898 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
- 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.
You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.
This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Navicula vacillans f. vacillans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20285. Accessed 5 November 2026.