Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Onychopontia peteraxi
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Copepoda
Order
Harpacticoida
Family
Arenopontiidae
Genus
Onychopontia
Species
peteraxi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Arenopontia peteraxi Mielke, 1982, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
- 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.
- Mielke, W. (1982) Three variable Arenopontia species (Crustacea, Copepoda) from Panamá. Zoologica Scripta 11(3): 199–207.
- 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.
- Mielke, W. (2003) Meiobenthic copepods of Galápagos: species composition, distribution, colonization, speciation. Bull. of Marine Science 73(3): 557-568.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Onychopontia peteraxi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12168. Accessed 12 September 2025.