Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Oregodasys pacificus
Gastrotricha
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Gastrotricha
Order
Macrodasyida
Family
Thaumastodermatidae
Genus
Oregodasys
Species
pacificus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Platydasys pacificus Schmidt, 1974 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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, Oregodasys pacificus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20194. Accessed 5 June 2026.