Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Boccardia galapagense
poliquetos, Polychaetes
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Spionida
Suborder
Spioniformia
Family
Spionidae
Genus
Boccardia
Species
galapagense
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.
- Blake, J.A. (1986) A New Species of Boccardia (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Galapagos Islands and a Redescription of Boccardia basilaria Hartman from Southern California. Bull. Southern Calif. Acad. Sci. 85(1): 16-21.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Boccardia galapagense", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11750. Accessed 1 November 2026.