Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Polycystis ali f. galapagos Karling, 1986

platelminto, flatworm

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Platyhelminthes

Order
Rhabdocoela

Suborder
Kalyptorhynchia

Family
Polycystididae

Genus
Polycystis

Species
ali

Subspecies
f. galapagos

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Origin: Native

References

  • 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.
  • Karling, T.G. (1986) Free-living marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes) from the N. American Pacific coast. With remraks on species from other areas. Zoologica Scripta 15: 201-219.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Polycystis ali f. galapagos", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11815. Accessed 3 November 2026.