Galapagos Species Database
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Anurida marchena
Colémbolo, Springtail
Scavenger; on vertical lava wall, with algae, at edge of sea; February
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Entognatha
Order
Collembola
Suborder
Poduromorpha
Superfamily
Neanuroidea
Family
Neanuridae
Genus
Anurida
Species
marchena
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Marchena.
- Najt, J. Thibaud, J.-M., & Jacquemart, S. (1991) Les Collemboles (Insecta) de l´Archipel des Galápagos. I. Poduromorpha. Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belgique, Entomol. 61: 149-166.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Anurida marchena", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10129. Accessed 5 November 2026.