Galapagos Species Database

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Notosceles ecuadorensis (Rathbun, 1935)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Raninoidea

Family
Raninidae

Genus
Notosceles

Species
ecuadorensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Raninoides ecuadorensis Rathbun, 1935

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California and Panamá

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Garth, J.S. (1939) New Brachyuran crabs from the Galapagos Islands. Reports in the collections obtained by Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions of Velero III off the coast of Mexico, Central America, South America, and Galapagos Islands in 1932, in 1933, in 1934, in 1935, in 1936, in 1937, and in 1938. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 5(2): 9-49., The University of Southern California Publications.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Notosceles ecuadorensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14481. Accessed 3 November 2026.