Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Psammisotoma galapagoensis
Colémbolo, Springtail
Scavenger; littoral zone, under Sesuvium and wet soil under Rhizophora; arid zone, in litter of Maytenus and Sporobolus; January
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Entognatha
Order
Collembola
Suborder
Entomobryomorpha
Superfamily
Isotomoidea
Family
Isotomidae
Genus
Psammisotoma
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
- Thibaud, J.M., Najt, J. & Jacquemart, S. (1994) Les Collemboles (lnsecta) de l’Archipel des Galapagos. II. Isotomidae. Bulletin de l’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie, 64, 199–204.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Psammisotoma galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10121. Accessed 1 November 2026.