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Garthiope anchialina Guinot & Iliffe, 1991

Found in subterranean anchialine salt and brackish waters in cave.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Xanthoidea

Family
Xanthidae

Genus
Garthiope

Species
anchialina

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Distribution: Isabela (Cueva de la Cadena)

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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