Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Harpiliopsis spinigera
camarón carideo, Shrimp caridean
Common in coral head.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Palaemonoidea
Family
Palaemonidae
Genus
Harpiliopsis
Species
spinigera
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: East Pacifico from gulf of California to Colombia 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, Harpiliopsis spinigera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8395. Accessed 1 November 2026.