Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Elasmopus zoanthidea
amphipodo, Amphipods
Affin. Endemic sibling of Californian E. holgurus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Suborder
Gammaridea
Family
Maeridae
Genus
Elasmopus
Species
zoanthidea
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.
- 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.