Galapagos Species Database
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Laticorophium baconi
amphipodo, Amphipods
Affin. East Pacific enormously adaptable
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Suborder
Corophiidea
Family
Corophiidae
Section
Corophiini
Genus
Laticorophium
Species
baconi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Corophium baconi Shoemaker, 1934 (basionym), fide 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Laticorophium baconi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14801. Accessed 1 November 2026.