Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pontonia margarita
camarón de ostra, Pearl oyster shrimp
Intertidal and Subtidal. Diner of Pinctada mazatlanica.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Palaemonoidea
Family
Palaemonidae
Genus
Pontonia
Species
margarita
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California to Colombia and Ecuador including Galapagos Islands
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Pontonia margarita", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8400. Accessed 1 November 2026.