Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Veleronia serratifrons
Decapodo
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Palaemonoidea
Family
Palaemonidae
Genus
Veleronia
Species
serratifrons
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
- 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.
- De Ridder, C. (1980) Étude des populations de deux espèces de Veleronia (Décapodes, Pontoniinae) associées aux gorgonacea (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) de l'Archipel des Galapagos. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 21: 181-199.
- 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.
- Wicksten, M.K. (1991) Caridean and stenopodid shrimp of the Galápagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates; Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin´s Islands. Plenum Press, New York, London, p. 147-156.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Veleronia serratifrons", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14620. Accessed 31 October 2026.