Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Manaxius galapagensis
Camarón langosta, Lobster shrimp
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Family
Axiidae
Genus
Manaxius
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Calaxius galapagensis Kensley & Hickman, 2001 (Horton et al., 2021). Holotype: USNM 308977, Paratype: (Manaxius galapagensis) Charles Darwin Research Station 97-385
Origin: Endemic
- 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.
- Kensley, B. Hickman, C.P., Jr. (2001) A new species of Calaxius Sakal & Saint Laurent, 1989, from the Galapagos islands (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 114(2): 484-488.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Manaxius galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20210. Accessed 1 November 2026.