Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Alecto major Johnston, 1847, Diaperoecia major (Johnston, 1847), Proboscina major (Johnston, 1847), Stomatopora major (Johnston, 1847) (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution: (P. major) Mediterranean, British Colombia to Costa Rica, Coco Island, Norway to the Cape Verde Island, Chile, Galapagos Island ( Española, Isabela, Santiago, Santa Fe, Santa Cruz) (Banta & Redden, 1990).

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• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.