Lampshells are a group of small organisms principally found as larvae during CDF zooplankton surveys of the Galapagos Marine Reserve. Morphologically their principal characteristic is the presence of two valves, one of them with appendages or arms called “brachia”.
Author:
Nathalia Tirado.
Names of taxa included:
0.
Brachiopoda Species Checklist
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Tirado, N. (2011). CDF Checklist of Galapagos Lampshells - FCD Lista de especies de Braquiópodos de Galápagos. In: Bungartz, F., Herrera, H., Jaramillo, P., Tirado, N., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Ruiz, D., Guézou, A. & Ziemmeck, F. (eds.). Charles Darwin Foundation Galapagos Species Checklist - Lista de Especies de Galápagos de la Fundación Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin Foundation / Fundación Charles Darwin, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos: http://www.darwinfoundation.org/datazone/checklists/marine-invertebrates/brachiopoda/ Last updated 18 Mar 2011.