Galapagos Species Database
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Pseudostaurosira bronkei
Diatom
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Chromista
Phylum
Ochrophyta
Class
Bacillariophyceae
Order
Fragilariales
Family
Fragilariaceae
Genus
Pseudostaurosira
Species
bronkei
Taxon category: Accepted
Synm.: Fragilaria bronkei A. Witkowski, H. Lange-Bertalot & D. Metzeltin (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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pseudostaurosira bronkei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20477. Accessed 31 October 2026.