Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Protodrilus infundibuliformis Schmidt & Westheide, 1977

poliquetos, Polychaetes

Shallow sublitoral areas

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Annelida

Class
Polychaeta

Family
Protodrilidae

Genus
Protodrilus

Species
infundibuliformis

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype (P-13664) in ZMUH

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • 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.
  • Schmidt, P. Westheide, W. (1977) Intersitielle Fauna von Galapagos XVII. Polygordiidae, Saccocirridae, Protodrilidae, Nerillidae, Dinophilidae (Polychaeta). Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 62: 1-38.
  • 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, Protodrilus infundibuliformis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12479. Accessed 1 November 2026.