Galapagos Species Database

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Cherusius triunguiculatus (Borradaile, 1902)

Crab

Taxonomy

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

References

  • 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.