Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Pharyngocirrus sonomacus (Martin, 1977)

Poliqueto, Polychaeta

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Annelida

Class
Polychaeta

Family
Saccocirridae

Genus
Pharyngocirrus

Species
sonomacus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Saccocirrus sonomacus Martin, 1977 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • 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.
  • Schmidt, P. Westheide, W. (1977) Intersitielle Fauna von Galapagos XVII. Polygordiidae, Saccocirridae, Protodrilidae, Nerillidae, Dinophilidae (Polychaeta). Mikrofauna des Meeresbodens 62: 1-38.
  • 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, Pharyngocirrus sonomacus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20137. Accessed 1 November 2026.