Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hirsutodynomene ursula
cangrejo osito, Little bear crab
Caparace width to 27 mm.
Subtidal and intertidal
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Dromioidea
Family
Dynomenidae
Genus
Hirsutodynomene
Species
ursula
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Dynomene ursula Stimpson, 1860, fide Appeltans et al. 2010
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Easter Pacific, Gulf to California and Panamic: West of Mexico to Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
- 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.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species www.iucnredlist.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, Hirsutodynomene ursula", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15513. Accessed 8 May 2025.