Galapagos Species Database
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Torridoharpinia tropicana
Amphipodo, Amphipods
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Amphipoda
Suborder
Amphilochidea
Superfamily
Haustorioidea
Family
Phoxocephalidae
Genus
Torridoharpinia
Species
tropicana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Proharpinia tropicana J.L. Barnard, 1960 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- Barnard, J.L. (1964) Marine Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands. Galápagos International Scientific Project, January - March 1964, unpublished report: 1-11.
- 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, Torridoharpinia tropicana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20204. Accessed 5 November 2026.