Galapagos Species Database

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

Lysmata chica Wicksten, 2000

lysmata chica, Lysmata chica

Intertidal in shallow water.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Alpheoidea

Family
Lysmatidae

Genus
Lysmata

Species
chica

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

References

  • 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.
  • 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, Lysmata chica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8404. Accessed 1 November 2026.