Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Phos chelonia Dall, 1917, Phos laevigatus A. Adams, 1851 (Horton et al., 2021).; (P. laevigatus) AMNH: 135501, 135502, 135503, 135504, USNM: 194961 (Holotype of Phos chelonia Dall, 1917), 637989 (Paratypes of Phos chelonia Dall, 1971), 206704, 812835, 812842, LACM: several lots (ex.: 66-210, AHF 147-34, AHF 201-34, AHF 324-35, AHF 792-38, AHF 814-38, AHF 816-38), 34-20, 34-75, 34-198, 38-52 (fide Kaiser, 1997), CDRS: 840

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

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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.
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