Galapagos Species Database
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Paulodora asymmetrica
platelminto, flatworm
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Rhabdocoela
Suborder
Kalyptorhynchia
Family
Polycystididae
Genus
Paulodora
Species
asymmetrica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Paulodora felis asymmetrica Artois & Schockaert, 2001, (Horton et al., 2021); Locality in the Galapagos (P. felis asymmetrica). Santa Cruz: Bahia Academy: southern beach (Artois & Schockaert, 2001)
Origin: Native
Distribution: (P. felis asymmetrica) Brazil, Jamaica , Mexico: Mazatlan, Curaçao and Galapagos Island in Santa Cruz (Artois & Schockaert, 2001)
- 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. (2001) Interstitial fauna of the Galapagos: Duplacrorhynchinae, Macrorhynchinae, Polycystidinae, Gyratricinae (Platyhelminthes Polycystididae) Tropical Zoology 14(1): 63-85.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Paulodora asymmetrica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12183. Accessed 12 June 2025.