Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cerapus abditus Templeton, 1836, Dercothoe punctatus Bate, 1862, Elasmopus brasiliensis (Dana, 1855), Erichthonius brasiliensis (Dana, 1853), Ericthonius abditus G.O. Sars, 1894 (Synonym), Ericthonius brasiliensis (Dana, 1852), Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853), Podocerus punctatus Bate, 1857 (basionym) (Horton et al., 2021; Appeltans et al.,2010).

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.
• Barnard, J.L. (1991) Amphipoda of the Galápagos Islands. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 193-206.
• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.