Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lipkemedaeus spinulifer
Cangrejo espina, Spined crab
(M. spinulifer) Caparace width to 13 mm.
(M. spinulifer) Origin and Affin. Eastern Pacific. Littoral and Sublittoral to 134 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Xanthoidea
Family
Xanthidae
Genus
Lipkemedaeus
Species
spinulifer
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Medaeus spinulifer (Rathbun, 1898), Pilumnus spinulifer Rathbun, 1898 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (M. spinulifer) Gulf of California and Panamic, Baja California, Mexico to 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, Lipkemedaeus spinulifer", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19935. Accessed 1 November 2026.