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Kareloecia woutersi Maddocks, 1991

ostracodo, Ostracod

eyeless

Found in subterranean anchialine salt and brackish waters in caves.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Ostracoda

Order
Podocopida

Suborder
Cypridocopina

Superfamily
Cypridoidea

Family
Cyprididae

Genus
Kareloecia

Species
woutersi

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Isabela, 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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"Galapagos Species Database, Kareloecia woutersi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14050. Accessed 4 November 2026.