Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Galapagomystides aristata
poliquetos, Polychaetes
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Suborder
Phyllodociformia
Family
Phyllodocidae
Genus
Galapagomystides
Species
aristata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
- 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. (1985) Polychaeta from the Vicinity of Deep-Sea Geothermal Vents in the eastern Pacific. I: Euphrosinidae, Phyllodocidae, Hesionidae, Nereididae, Glyceridae, Dorvilleidae, Orbiniidae and Maldanidae. Bull. Biol. Soc. Washington 6: 67-101.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Galapagomystides aristata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11768. Accessed 3 November 2026.