Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Trachysalambria brevisuturae
camarón liso, Smooth shrimp
Subtidal, principally sandy basis of 1- 70 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily
Panaeoidea
Family
Penaeidae
Genus
Trachysalambria
Species
brevisuturae
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Trachypenaeus brevisuturae
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California to Panama and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- 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, Trachysalambria brevisuturae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8386. Accessed 1 November 2026.