Galapagos Species Database

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

Typhlonida perlata (Benedict, 1902)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Family
Munididae

Genus
Typhlonida

Species
perlata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Munida perlata Benedict, 1902 (Ahyong, S., et al., 2023).

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • Ahyong, S. Boyko, C.B., Bailly, N., Bernot, J., Bieler, R, ... Williams, D.M., Williams, G., Wilson, R., Witkowski, J., Wyatt, N., Wylezich, C., Xavier, J., Xu, K., Zanol, J., Zeidler, W., Zhao, Z., Zullini, A. (2023) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Benedict, J. E Hinds, W. E., & Dall, W. H. (1902) Description of a new genus and forty-six new species of crustaceans of the family Galatheidae, with a list of the known marine species. (Vol. 26, No. 1311-1312). US Government Printing Office.
  • Salinas-de-León, P. Martí-Puig, P., Buglass, S., Arnés-Urgellés, C., Rastoin-Laplane, E., Creemers, M., Cairns, S., Fisher, C., O Hara, T., Ott, B., Raineault, N. A., Reiswig, H., Rouse, G., Rowley, S., Shank, T. M., Suarez, J., Watling, L., Wicksten, M. K., & Marsh, L. (2020) Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70744-1

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"Galapagos Species Database, Typhlonida perlata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24999. Accessed 5 November 2026.