Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Posticopora luteopunctata
sandy beaches
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Xenacoelomorpha
Class
Incertae sedis
Order
Acoela
Family
Otocelididae
Genus
Posticopora
Species
luteopunctata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Posticopora luteopunctata (Ehlers & Dörjes, 1979) fide WoRMS Editorial Board (2013)
Origin: Native
- Westheide, W. (1991) The meiofauna of the Galápagos: a review. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 37-73.
- WoRMS Editorial Board (2013) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available from http://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ
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"Galapagos Species Database, Posticopora luteopunctata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18030. Accessed 3 November 2026.