Galapagos Species Database
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Graffiellus manusferrea
Platelminto, Flatworm
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Order
Rhabdocoela
Suborder
Kalyptorhynchia
Family
Polycystididae
Genus
Graffiellus
Species
manusferrea
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Macrorhynchus manusferrea Artois & Schockaert, 2001(Horton et al., 2021).; (M. manusferrea) Type locality: Localities. Santa Cruz: Bahia Borrero (Artois & Schockaert, 2001).
Origin: Native
Distribution: (M. manusferrea) Galapagos Island in Santa Cruz (Artois & Schockaert, 2001).
- Artois, T.J. Schockaert, E.R. (2001) Interstitial fauna of the Galapagos: Duplacrorhynchinae, Macrorhynchinae, Polycystidinae, Gyratricinae (Platyhelminthes Polycystididae) Tropical Zoology 14(1): 63-85.
- 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, Graffiellus manusferrea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20135. Accessed 1 November 2026.