Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Neoischyrocerus chinipa
Amphipodo, Amphipods
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Suborder
Senticaudata
Superfamily
Photoidea
Family
Ischyroceridae
Section
Ischyrocerini
Genus
Neoischyrocerus
Species
chinipa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Microjassa chinipa J.L. Barnard, 1979 (Horton et al., 2021); Holotype of National Museum of Natural History NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections
Origin: Native
- Barnard, J.L. (1991) Amphipoda of the Galápagos Islands. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 193-206.
- 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, Neoischyrocerus chinipa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20188. Accessed 5 November 2026.