Galapagos Species Database
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Paracallianidea laevicauda
Camarón fantasma excavador, Burrowing ghost shrimp
(C. laevicauda) Low intertidal and subtidal, buried mud.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Family
Callianideidae
Genus
Paracallianidea
Species
laevicauda
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Callianidea laevicauda Gill, 1859, Callianidea steenstrupii Boas, 1880 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (C. laevicauda) Reported Baja California to Mexico and 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.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Paracallianidea laevicauda", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19931. Accessed 1 November 2026.