Galapagos Species Database

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

Alpheus grahami Abele, 1975

camarón chasqueador, Snapping shrimp

Intertidal and subtidal to 40 m, under rocks.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Alpheoidea

Family
Alpheidae

Genus
Alpheus

Species
grahami

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

References

  • 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, Alpheus grahami", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8414. Accessed 1 November 2026.