Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chaetopterus charlesdarwinii
poliquetos, Polychaetes
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Class
Polychaeta
Family
Chaetopteridae
Genus
Chaetopterus
Species
charlesdarwinii
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Nishi, E. Hickman, C.P., Jr. & Bailey-Brock, J.H. (2009) Chaetopterus and Mesochaetopterus (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae) from the Galapagos Islands, with Descriptions of Four New Species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 158(1):239-259.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chaetopterus charlesdarwinii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9421. Accessed 21 August 2025.