Galapagos Species Database

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

Cinetorhynchus hiatti (Holthuis & Hayashi, 1967)

camarón rayado, Candy-striped shrimp

Subtidal under rocks.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Nematocarcinoidea

Family
Rhynchocinetidae

Genus
Cinetorhynchus

Species
hiatti

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: West from South of Japon to Loyalty Islands, and in the Central Pacific in Hawai, Marquesas and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

References

  • Constant, P. (2007) Marine Life of the Galapagos. The Diver's guide to Fishes, Whales, Dolphins and marine Invertebrates, 307 pp.
  • 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, Cinetorhynchus hiatti", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8391. Accessed 31 October 2026.