Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Telopsammis galapagoensis
Copépodo, Copepod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Copepoda
Order
Harpacticoida
Family
Pseudotachidiidae
Genus
Telopsammis
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Micropsammis galapagoensis Mielke, 1997 (Horton et al., 2021).
- 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.
- Mielke, W. (1997) New findings of interstitial Copepoda from Punta Morales, Pacific coast of Costa Rica. Microfauna Marina 11: 271-280.
- Mielke, W. (2003) Meiobenthic copepods of Galápagos: species composition, distribution, colonization, speciation. Bull. of Marine Science 73(3): 557-568.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Telopsammis galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20130. Accessed 5 November 2026.