Galapagos Species Database
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Nesodesmus insulanus
Eyeless species in widespread eyeless taxa. Found in soil, caves.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Diplopoda
Order
Polydesmida
Suborder
Polydesmidea
Family
Pyrgodesmidae
Genus
Nesodesmus
Species
insulanus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Volcán Sierra Negra, Pinta, San Cristóbal, 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. Kulalova-Peck, J. (1986) Preliminary summary of the subterranean fauna of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Part I. Introduction and Non-Insect invertebrates. Proc. 9th Intnl. Congr. Speleology, Barcelona 2: 164-166.
- 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.
- Shear, W.A. Peck, S.B. (1987) Millipeds (Diplopoda) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Can. J. Zool. 65(11): 2640-2645.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Nesodesmus insulanus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6682. Accessed 30 October 2026.