Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lysmata galapagensis
lysmata de Galapagos, Galapagos lysmata
Length to 32 mm.
subtidal to 10 m, over rocky bottom.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Alpheoidea
Family
Lysmatidae
Genus
Lysmata
Species
galapagensis
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 Panama and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Anker, A. Baeza, J.A. & De Grave, S. (2009) A new species of Lysmata (Crustacea, Decapoda, Hippolytidae) from the Pacific Coast of Panama, with observations of its reproductive biology. Zool. Studies 48(5): 682-692.
- 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.
- Instituto de Biologia. (2010) UNIBIO: Colecciones Biológicas. Disponible en: <http://unibio.unam.mx/collections/specimens/urn/IBUNAM:CNCR
- 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.
You are welcome to download and use the information found in this page, acknowledging its source.
This page should be cited as follows:
"Galapagos Species Database, Lysmata galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8403. Accessed 31 October 2026.