Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Polyxylobates diversiporosus
Distributed in littoral, arid, transition and moist vegetation zones
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Sarcoptiformes
Family
Haplozetidae
Genus
Polyxylobates
Species
diversiporosus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Cryptogenic
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