Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Archaeatya chacei
camarón carideo, Caridean shrimp
Fesh water, saltness and puddle.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Atyoidea
Family
Atyidae
Genus
Archaeatya
Species
chacei
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Costa Rica to Colombia, Cocos, Gulf of Panama (Perlas Islands), Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), and Isla de Coiba, Pamamá
- del Real Fernández, M. (1998) Primera cita de Archaeatya chacei Villalobos, 1959 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae) en la Isla de Coiba, Panamá y su distribución en América Central. Graellsia 54: 118-120.
- 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, Archaeatya chacei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8390. Accessed 4 November 2026.