Galapagos Species Database
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Gorgoniapolynoe galapagensis
poliquetos, Polychaetes
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Order
Phyllodocida
Suborder
Aphroditiformia
Superfamily
Aphroditoidea
Family
Polynoidae
Genus
Gorgoniapolynoe
Species
galapagensis
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.
- Pettibone, M.H. (1991) Polynoids commensal with gorgonian and stylasterid corals, with new genus, new combinations and new species (Polychaeta: Polynoidae: Polynoinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104(4): 688-713.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gorgoniapolynoe galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11775. Accessed 19 May 2025.