Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chelorchestia costaricana
in supralittoral
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Suborder
Gammaridea
Superfamily
Talitroidea
Family
Talitridae
Genus
Chelorchestia
Species
costaricana
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- Gerecke, R. Peck, S.B. & Pehofer, H.E. (1995) The invertebrate fauna of the inland waters of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador) - a limnological and zoogeographical summary. Arch. Hydrobiol./ Suppl. 107(2): 113-147.
- Peck, S.B. (1994) Diversity and zoogeography of the non-oceanic Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (excluding terrestrial Isopoda). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 54-69.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chelorchestia costaricana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14027. Accessed 4 November 2026.