Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Xestoleberis arcturi
ostracodo, Ostracod
saline pool species
Found in saline volcanic pools
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Ostracoda
Order
Podocopida
Suborder
Cytherocopina
Superfamily
Cytheroidea
Family
Xestoleberididae
Genus
Xestoleberis
Species
arcturi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
- 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.
- 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.
- Triebel, E. (1953) Brackwasser-Ostracoden von den Galápagos-Inseln. Senck. biol. 37(5/6): 447-467.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Xestoleberis arcturi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14044. Accessed 2 August 2025.