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Hansacypris galapagoensis Maddocks, 1992

ostracodo, Ostracod

eyeless

Found in subterranean anchialine salt and brackish waters.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Ostracoda

Order
Podocopida

Suborder
Cypridocopina

Superfamily
Cypridoidea

Family
Candonidae

Genus
Hansacypris

Species
galapagoensis

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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