Authors
Nathalia Tirado Marine Ecologist & Curator, CDF Marine Collections, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Angel Chiriboga
Diego Ruiz Marine Ecologist, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador.
Stuart Banks Theme Leader, Monitoring of Ecological Processes, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos, Ecuador.
What's New?
Latest species added:
Contact Us
Marine Annelids
Marine annelids are worm-shaped, i.e., they are bilaterally symmetrical, and lack extremities. Their bodies are soft and typically at least three times as long as wide, divided into ring-shaped segments.
As adults they generally occur in the littoral zone, but the majority of Galapagos species have thus far been found only as larvae during CDF zooplankton surveys.
Authors: Nathalia Tirado, Angel Chiriboga, Diego Ruiz, Stuart Banks.
Other Contributors: Margarita Brandt, Rodrigo Bustamante, Graham Edgar, José Miguel Fariña, Cleveland Hickman, Paul Kingston, Fernando Pinillos, Fernando Rivera, Franz Smith, Mariana Vera, Luis Vinueza.
Names of taxa included: 42 total (24 accepted, 17 unidentified taxon, 1 doubtful).
Origin of the taxa included: 4 indigenous.
Annelida Species Checklist
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Division Annelida
Class Polychaeta
Order Canalipalpata
Order Eunicida
Order Ord. Polychaeta incertae sedis
Order Phyllodocida
Order Spionida
Order Terebellida
You are welcome to download and use this information acknowledging the origin of the data.
This list should be cited as follows: