Galapagos Species Database
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Palicus velerae
Origin and Affin. Eastern Pacific
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Palicoidea
Family
Palicidae
Genus
Palicus
Species
velerae
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cymopolia velerae Garth, 1939 fide Appeltans et al. 2010
Origin: Endemic
- 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. (1991) Taxonomy, Distribution, and Ecology of Galápagos. Brachyura. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 123-155.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Palicus velerae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14735. Accessed 1 November 2026.