Galapagos Species Database
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Rhinocarcinus agassizi
Crab
(S. agassizi) Caparace width to 19 mm
(S. agassizi) Origin and Affin. Atlantic. Subtidal on sand or sand/mud (25-145 m)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Majoidea
Family
Epialtidae
Genus
Rhinocarcinus
Species
agassizi
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Sphenocarcinus agassizi Rathbun, 1894 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: (S. agassizi) Gulf to California to Panama and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- 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.
- 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, Rhinocarcinus agassizi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19933. Accessed 1 November 2026.