Galapagos Species Database

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

Palaemon gladiator Holthuis, 1950

camarón gladiador, Gladiator shrimp

Intertidal and Subtidal. Costal and mangrove.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Palaemonoidea

Family
Palaemonidae

Genus
Palaemon

Species
gladiator

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Clipperton and Ecuador including Galapagos Islands

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
  • Wicksten, M.K. (1991) Caridean and stenopodid shrimp of the Galápagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates; Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin´s Islands. Plenum Press, New York, London, p. 147-156.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Palaemon gladiator", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8399. Accessed 4 June 2026.