Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Cancer cantonensis Linnaeus, 1747, Cancer minutus Linnaeus, 1758, Cancer pusillus J.C. Fabricius, 1775, Grapsus diris O.G. Costa, 1853, Grapsus pelagicus Say, 1818, Grapsus testudinum P. Roux, 1828, Nautilograpsus angustatus Stimpson, 1858, Nautilograpsus major MacLeay, 1838, Nautilograpsus smithii MacLeay, 1838, Planes clypeatus Bowdich, 1825, Planes cyaneus Dana, 1851, Planes linnaeana Bell, 1845, Planes linnaeana White, 1847, Planes major (MacLeay, 1838), Planes testudinum (P. Roux, 1828), Varuna atlantica Melliss, 1875 (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: (P. cyaneus) Gulf of California, Panamic, Atlantic, Chile-Perú 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.
• 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.