Galapagos Species Database

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

Alpheus longinquus W Kim & Abele, 1988

camarón chasqueador pistola, Long palmed pistol shrimp

Intertidal and sbutidal to 36 m.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Alpheoidea

Family
Alpheidae

Genus
Alpheus

Species
longinquus

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 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 longinquus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8415. Accessed 1 November 2026.