Galapagos Species Database

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Ampelisca pugetica Stimpson, 1864

amphipodo, Amphipods

Affin. Pan-American

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Amphipoda

Suborder
Gammaridea

Family
Ampeliscidae

Genus
Ampelisca

Species
pugetica

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Ampelisca californica Holmes, 1908, Ampelisca gnathia J.L. Barnard, 1954, Ampelisca macrodentata J.L. Barnard, 1954, Ampelisca mora J.L. Barnard, 1967, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Ecuador (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.
  • Barnard, J.L. (1964) Marine Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands. Galápagos International Scientific Project, January - March 1964, unpublished report: 1-11.
  • 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, Ampelisca pugetica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14808. Accessed 1 November 2026.