Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lysmata argentopunctata
camarón punteado, Siver spotted shrimp
Intermareal and subtidal, to 10 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Alpheoidea
Family
Lysmatidae
Genus
Lysmata
Species
argentopunctata
Taxon category: Accepted
confused with L. calofornica.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Anker, A. Baeza, J.A. & De Grave, S. (2009) A new species of Lysmata (Crustacea, Decapoda, Hippolytidae) from the Pacific Coast of Panama, with observations of its reproductive biology. Zool. Studies 48(5): 682-692.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
- 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, Lysmata argentopunctata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7961. Accessed 1 November 2026.