Galapagos Species Database

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Elasmopus serricatus J.L. Barnard, 1969

amphipodo, Amphipods

Affin. Eastern Pacific

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Amphipoda

Suborder
Gammaridea

Family
Maeridae

Genus
Elasmopus

Species
serricatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Elasmopus rapax serricatus J.L. Barnard, 1969 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

References

  • 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. (1979) Littoral Gammaridean Amphipoda from de Gulf of California and the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 271: 1-149.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Elasmopus serricatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14776. Accessed 6 November 2026.