Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Plakortis galapagensis
Esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Homoscleromorpha
Order
Homosclerophorida
Family
Plakinidae
Genus
Plakortis
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype USNM 41443 Albemarle (Isabela) Island, slides and fragments ZMAPOR 11209, MHNG 18994 (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela Island (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
- 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.
- Desqeyroux-Faundez, R., Van Soest, R.W.M. (1997) Shallow-water Demosponges of the Galapagos Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104(2): 379-467.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Plakortis galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11812. Accessed 1 November 2026.