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Glyphocrangon vicaria Faxon, 1896

length: 16 cm

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Crangonoidea

Family
Glyphocrangonidae

Genus
Glyphocrangon

Species
vicaria

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Frecuently to California and Baja California

References

  • Fischer, W. Krupp, F., Schneider, W., Sommer, C., Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (1995) Guia FAO para la identificación de especies para los fines de la pesca. Pacifico centro-oriental. Vol. I. Plantas e Invertebrados. FAO, Roma, 646 pp.
  • 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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Glyphocrangon vicaria", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12253. Accessed 3 November 2026.