Galapagocythere darwini Bate, Whittaker & Mayes, 1981
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Galapagocythere darwini Bate, Whittaker & Mayes, 1981
- Name authority
- Bate, Whittaker & Mayes, 1981
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Ostracoda
- Order
- Podocopida
- Family
- Hemicytheridae
- Genus
- Galapagocythere
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumCrustacea
- classOstracoda Latreille, 1806
- subclassPodocopa Müller, 1894
- orderPodocopida Sars, 1866
- suborderCytherocopina Baird, 1850
- superfamilyCytheroidea Baird, 1850
- familyHemicytheridae Puri, 1953
- genusGalapagocythere Bate, Whittaker & Mayes, 1981
- speciesGalapagocythere darwini Bate, Whittaker & Mayes, 1981
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Bate, R. H., Whittaker, J. E., & Mayes, C. A. (1981). Marine Ostracoda of the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 73: 1–79. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01579.x Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3F2G6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.