Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Ptychodiscus (Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

Origin: Native

Distribution: Mediterranean, Europe, N. America, Western Atlantic, S. America, South-west Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Pacific Islands/Pacific Ocean and Galapagos Island (Carnicer et al., 2019; Guiry & Guiry, 2024).

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