Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Onychognathia bractearotunda
sandy-muddy sediments
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Gnathostomulida
Order
Bursovaginoidea
Family
Onychognathiidae
Genus
Onychognathia
Species
bractearotunda
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.
- Ehlers, B. Ehlers, U. (1973) Interstitielle Fauna von Galápagos II. Gnathostomulida. Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 22: 1-27.
- 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, Onychognathia bractearotunda", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11857. Accessed 3 November 2026.