Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gnathophylloides mineri
camarón de erizo aplanado, Squat urchin shrimp
Diner sea urchins, mainly Tripneustes depressus.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Palaemonoidea
Family
Palaemonidae
Genus
Gnathophylloides
Species
mineri
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Indopacific and Caribe. Malpelo 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, Gnathophylloides mineri", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8407. Accessed 1 November 2026.