Galapagos Species Database

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Eiconaxius cristagalli (Faxon, 1893)

camarón langosta, Lobster shrimp

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Family
Axiidae

Genus
Eiconaxius

Species
cristagalli

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Axius cristagalli Faxon, 1893, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

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.
  • Faxon, W. (1893) Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 24: 149-220.
  • Kensley, B. Hickman, C.P., Jr. (2001) A new species of Calaxius Sakal & Saint Laurent, 1989, from the Galapagos islands (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114(2): 484-488.

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