Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Galapagoplana bituba
platelminto, flatworm
sandy beaches
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Proseriata
Family
Otoplanidae
Genus
Galapagoplana
Species
bituba
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.
- Ax, P. Ax, R. (1974) Interstitielle Fauna von Galapagos V. Otoplanidae (Turbellaria, Proseriata). Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 27: 1-28, 11 figs.
- Westheide, W. (1991) The meiofauna of the Galápagos: a review. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 37-73.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Galapagoplana bituba", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11772. Accessed 28 June 2025.