Galapagos Species Database
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Triops longicaudatus
Summer tadpole shrimp
considerable variation in number and size of medial spines, ranging from 1 to 3 strongly developed spines, set in row.
Found in standing fresh water
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Branchiopoda
Order
Notostraca
Family
Triopsidae
Genus
Triops
Species
longicaudatus
Taxon category: Accepted
- Brendonck, L. Thiery, A. & Coomans, A. (1990) Taxonomy and Biogegraphy of the Galápagos Branchiopod Fauna (Anostraca, Notostraca, Spinicaudata). J. Crustacean Biol. 10(4): 676-694.
- Gerecke, R. Peck, S.B. & Pehofer, H.E. (1995) The invertebrate fauna of the inland waters of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador) - a limnological and zoogeographical summary. Arch. Hydrobiol./ Suppl. 107(2): 113-147.
- Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
- Peck, S.B. (1994) Diversity and zoogeography of the non-oceanic Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (excluding terrestrial Isopoda). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 54-69.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Triops longicaudatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7029. Accessed 3 November 2026.