Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Myobulla dunata
platelminto, flatworm
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Rhabdocoela
Suborder
Kalyptorhynchia
Family
Polycystididae
Genus
Myobulla
Species
dunata
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.
- Artois, T.J. Schockaert, E.R. (2000) Interstitial fauna of the Galapagos: Typhlopolycystidinae (Platyhelminthes Polycystididae). Tropical Zoology 13(1): 141-158.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Myobulla dunata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12175. Accessed 3 November 2026.