Zoogeography of the Shallow-Water Cirriped Fauna of the Galápagos Islands and Adjacent Regions in the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Abstract

The association of the Galápagos Islands with the birth of Darwinian evolutionary theory has inspired many detailed studies of their fauna and flora. Yet the cirripeds, the only invertebrates to receive Darwin's personal attention as a systematist, are virtually unknown for the region. His monographs on the Cirripedia (Darwin, 1851,1854) contain references to three species collected during the voyage of the Beagle: Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus) and Tetraclita porosa (Gmelin) from rocky intertidal areas, and Platylepas decorata Darwin from marine turtles.