Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Paralepas quadrata
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Thecostraca
Order
Scalpellomorpha
Superfamily
Lepadoidea
Family
Heteralepadidae
Genus
Paralepas
Species
quadrata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Alepas quadrata Aurivillius, 1894 · unaccepted (generic reassignment), Heteralepas quadrata (Aurivillius, 1894) (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Paralepas quadrata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19928. Accessed 5 November 2026.