Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Nemausa spinipes (Bell, 1836)

Cangrejo, Crab

Origin and Affin. Eastern Pacifi

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleyocemata

Superfamily
Majoidea

Family
Mithracidae

Genus
Nemausa

Species
spinipes

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Mithrax mexicanus (Garth, 1991) Mithrax (Mithrax) mexicanus Glassell, 1936 (Horton et al., 2021); Pisa spinipes Bell, 1835, fide Appeltans et al. 2010

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Gulf of 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, Nemausa spinipes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14498. Accessed 31 October 2026.