Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cherusius triunguiculatus
Crab
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Trapezioidea
Family
Domeciidae
Genus
Cherusius
Species
triunguiculatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Jonesius minuta Sankarankutty, 1962, Jonesius triunguiculatus (Borradaile, 1902), Maldivia galapagensis Garth, 1939, Maldivia gardineri Rathbun, 1911, Maldivia triunguiculata (Borradaile, 1902), Pseudozius triunguiculatus Borradaile, 1902 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
- 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.
- Garth, J.S. (1939) New Brachyuran crabs from the Galapagos Islands. Reports in the collections obtained by Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions of Velero III off the coast of Mexico, Central America, South America, and Galapagos Islands in 1932, in 1933, in 1934, in 1935, in 1936, in 1937, and in 1938. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 5(2): 9-49., The University of Southern California Publications.
- 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, Cherusius triunguiculatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20128. Accessed 31 October 2026.