Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Amphisamytha galapagensis
poliquetos, Polychaetes
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Terebellida
Suborder
Terebellomorpha
Family
Ampharetidae
Genus
Amphisamytha
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
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.
- Zottoli, R.A. (1983) Amphisamytha galapagensis, a new species of ampharetid polychaete from the vicinity of abyssal hydrothermal vents in the Galapagos Rift, and the role of this species in rift ecosystems. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96(3): 379-391.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Amphisamytha galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11735. Accessed 3 November 2026.