Galapagos Species Database

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Elasmopus zoanthidea J.L. Barnard, 1979

amphipodo, Amphipods

Affin. Endemic sibling of Californian E. holgurus

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Amphipoda

Suborder
Gammaridea

Family
Maeridae

Genus
Elasmopus

Species
zoanthidea

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Ecaudor (Galapagos Islands)

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.
  • Barber, H.G (1925) Hemiptera - Heteroptera from the Williams Galapagos Expedition. Zoologica 5(21): 241-254.
  • Barnard, J.L. (1979) Littoral Gammaridean Amphipoda from de Gulf of California and the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contrib. Zool. 271: 1-149.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Elasmopus zoanthidea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14781. Accessed 2 August 2025.