Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Micropanope maculatus
Cangrejo xántido, Xanthid crab
(L. maculatus) Caparace width to 11.5 mm.
(L. maculatus) Origin and Affin. Eastern Pacific. Sublittoral to 2 m, dredging depth on sand, rocks and coral substrates.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Xanthoidea
Family
Pseudorhombilidae
Genus
Micropanope
Species
maculatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Lophopanopeus maculatus Rathbun, 1898 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (L. maculatus) Gulf of California to Panamic, Baja California 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, Micropanope maculatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19937. Accessed 4 June 2026.