Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hexadesmus latridens
Widespread eyeless species. Found in soil. Agricultural zone and fern-sedge zone
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Diplopoda
Order
Polydesmida
Family
Fuhrmannodesmidae
Genus
Hexadesmus
Species
latridens
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1978
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
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- Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.
- Shear, W.A. Peck, S.B. (1987) Millipeds (Diplopoda) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Can. J. Zool. 65(11): 2640-2645.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hexadesmus latridens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13965. Accessed 31 October 2026.