Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Cornutosergestes cornutus (Krøyer, 1855)

Camarón, Shrimp

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Dendrobranchiata

Superfamily
Sergestoidea

Family
Sergestidae

Genus
Cornutosergestes

Species
cornutus

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Sergestes cornutus Krøyer, 1855, Sergestes longispinus Spence Bate, 1888 (Horton et al., 2021).

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • 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, Cornutosergestes cornutus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20214. Accessed 5 November 2026.