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Anchistrocheles darwini Maddocks & Iliffe, 1991

ostracodo, Ostracod

eyeless endemic species

anchialine habitat

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Ostracoda

Order
Podocopida

Suborder
Bairdiocopina

Superfamily
Bairdioidea

Family
Bythocyprididae

Genus
Anchistrocheles

Species
darwini

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • 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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