Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Austrorhynchus galapagoensis
platelminto, flatworm
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Rhabdocoela
Suborder
Kalyptorhynchia
Family
Polycystididae
Genus
Austrorhynchus
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Artois, T.J. Schockaert, E.R. (1999) Interstitial fauna of the Galapagos: Porrocystidinae (Platyhelminthes Polycystididae). Tropical Zoology 12: 309-324.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Austrorhynchus galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11748. Accessed 3 November 2026.