Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Platylepas decorata
on a female green turtle
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Thecostraca
Order
Balanomorpha
Suborder
Balanomorpha
Superfamily
Coronuloidea
Family
Coronulidae
Genus
Platylepas
Species
decorata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- 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.
- Zullo, V.A. (1991) Zoogeography of the Shallow-Water Cirriped Fauna of the Galápagos Islands ans Adjacent Regions in the Tropical Eastern Pacific In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 173-192.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Platylepas decorata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14765. Accessed 3 November 2026.