Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Paralaophonte (Paralaophonte) galapagoensis
Copépodo, Copepod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Copepoda
Order
Harpacticoida
Family
Laophontidae
Genus
Paralaophonte (Paralaophonte)
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Paralaophonte galapagoensis Mielke, 1981 (Removed from Paralaophonte Lang, 1948 to Paralaophonte (Paralaophonte) Lang, 1948), Paralaophonte pacifica galapagoensis Mielke, 1981 (Horton et al., 2021).
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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. (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, Paralaophonte (Paralaophonte) galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20131. Accessed 5 November 2026.