Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Eiconaxius albatrossae
Langosta, Lobsters
New registry made by the submarine mountains project.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Family
Axiidae
Genus
Eiconaxius
Species
albatrossae
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Eiconaxius faxoni K. Sakai, 2011(Horton et al., 2021) MCCDRS 9327
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: North of the Galapagos Islands (Salinas-de-León et al., 2020).
- 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.
- Salinas-de-León, P. Martí-Puig, P., Buglass, S., Arnés-Urgellés, C., Rastoin-Laplane, E., Creemers, M., Cairns, S., Fisher, C., O Hara, T., Ott, B., Raineault, N. A., Reiswig, H., Rouse, G., Rowley, S., Shank, T. M., Suarez, J., Watling, L., Wicksten, M. K., & Marsh, L. (2020) Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70744-1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Eiconaxius albatrossae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18625. Accessed 31 October 2026.