Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Paraniphargus leleuporum Monod, 1970 (basionym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010), Galapsiellus lelouparum

Origin: Endemic

Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands in Santa Cruz e Isabela)

• 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.
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• Barnard, J.L. (1976) Affinities of Paraniphargus lelouparum Monod, a blind anchialine amphipod (Crustacea) from the Galapagos Islands. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 89(36): 421-432.
• Barnard, J.L. (1991) Amphipoda of the Galápagos Islands. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 193-206.
• Boxshall, G.A. Iliffe, T.M. (1990) Three New Species of Misophrioid Copepods from Oceanic Islands. J. Nat. Hist. 24(3): 595-613.
• Iliffe, T.M. (1991) Anchialine Fauna of the Galapagos Islands In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 209-231.
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