Galapagos Species Database
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Pectiniunguis albemarlensis
ciempiés, Centipede
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Chilopoda
Order
Geophilomorpha
Family
Schendylidae
Genus
Pectiniunguis
Species
albemarlensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Darwin, Española, Fernandina, Genovesa, Volcán, Cerro Azul, Volcán Sierra Negra, Volcán Alcedo, Volcán Darwin, Pinta, Pinzón, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé
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- 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, Pectiniunguis albemarlensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6770. Accessed 31 October 2026.