Galapagos Species Database
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Hanseniella caldaria
Widespread eyeless species. Found in soil. Decomposer. Occurs in all vegetation zones from arid zone up to summit fern-sedge zone. Also very frequent in caves located in the agricultural zone of Santa Cruz.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Symphyla
Order
Cephalostigmata
Superfamily
Scutigerelloidea
Family
Scutigerellidae
Genus
Hanseniella
Species
caldaria
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1974
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz
- Baert, L. Herrera, H.W. (2013) The Myriapoda of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador (Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla) Belgian Journal of Entomology 14 :1-49
- Peck, S.B. Shear, W.A. (2000) New Records of Myriapoda (Centipedes and Millipedes) from the Galapagos Islands. Noticias de Galapagos 61: 14-16.
- Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hanseniella caldaria", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6473. Accessed 31 October 2026.