Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Typhlonida perlata
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.