Galapagos Species Database

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

Acartia (Acanthacartia) levequei Grice, 1964

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Copepoda

Order
Calanoida

Family
Acartiidae

Genus
Acartia (Acanthacartia)

Species
levequei

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Acartia levequei Grice, 1964;

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • Diego F. Figueroa (2021) Environmental forcing on zooplankton distribution in the coastal waters of the Galápagos Islands: spatial and seasonal patterns in the copepod community structure Vol. 661: 49–69, 2021 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13617 https://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m661p049.pdf
  • Grice, G.D. (1964) Two new species of calanoid copepods from the Galapagos Islands with remarks on the identity of three other species. Crustaceana 6(4): 255-264.
  • 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, Acartia (Acanthacartia) levequei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24687. Accessed 1 November 2026.