Galapagos Species Database
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Ceratopera falcata valida
Platelminto, Flatworm
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Rhabdocoela
Suborder
Dalytyphloplanida
Family
Trigonostomidae
Genus
Ceratopera
Species
falcata
Subspecies
valida
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Syn.: Messoplana falcata valida Ehlers & Ax, 1974 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Ehlers, U. Ax, P. (1974) Interstitielle Fauna von Galápagos VIII. Trigonostominae (Turbellaria, Typhloplanoida). Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 30: 1-33.
- 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.
- Westheide, W. (1991) The meiofauna of the Galápagos: a review. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 37-73.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ceratopera falcata valida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20132. Accessed 5 November 2026.