Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Ligia baudiniana Milne Edwards, 1840

Isopodo, Isopod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Isopoda

Suborder
Oniscidea

Family
Ligiidae

Genus
Ligia

Species
baudiniana

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Carlton, J. T. Keith, I., & Ruiz, G. M. (2019) Assessing marine bioinvasions in the Galápagos islands: Implications for conservation biology and marine protected areas. Aquatic Invasions, 14(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.1.01
  • 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.
  • Instituto de Biologia. (2010) UNIBIO: Colecciones Biológicas. Disponible en: <http://unibio.unam.mx/collections/specimens/urn/IBUNAM:CNCR

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"Galapagos Species Database, Ligia baudiniana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9599. Accessed 9 June 2026.