Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Promesostoma sartagine
platelminto, flatworm
sandy beaches
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Rhabdocoela
Suborder
Dalytyphloplanida
Family
Promesostomidae
Genus
Promesostoma
Species
sartagine
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. Ehlers, U. (1973) Interstitielle Fauna von Galápagos III. Promesostominae (Turbellaria, Typhloplanoida). Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 23: 1-16.
- 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, Promesostoma sartagine", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11863. Accessed 3 November 2026.