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Humphreysella styx (Kornicker & Iliffe, 1989)

Ostracodo, Ostracod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Ostracoda

Order
Halocyprida

Suborder
Halocypridina

Superfamily
Thaumatocypridoidea

Family
Thaumatocyprididae

Genus
Humphreysella

Species
styx

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Danielopolina (Humphreysella) styx Kornicker & Iliffe, 1989, Danielopolina styx Kornicker & Iliffe, 1989 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: (D. styx) Ecuador (Galapagos Islands in Santa Cruz)

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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Humphreysella styx", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20471. Accessed 1 November 2026.