Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hippa marmorata
Cangrejo topo del pacifico, Pacific mole crab
(H. pacifica) Caparace width to 30 mm.
(H. pacifica) Semi protected beachs.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Hippoidea
Family
Hippidae
Genus
Hippa
Species
marmorata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Hippa pacifica (Dana, 1852), Remipes marmoratus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846, Remipes pacificus Dana, 1852 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (H. pacifica) Mexico to Panama ans Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Cocos, Clipperton, Revillagigedos and Tres Marias.
- 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, Hippa marmorata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19932. Accessed 1 November 2026.