Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Coronalpheus natator
camarón chasqueador, Snapping shrimp
Subtidal, under rocks.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Alpheoidea
Family
Alpheidae
Genus
Coronalpheus
Species
natator
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: 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.
- Poddoubtchenko, D. Anker, A. & Wehrtmann, I.S. (2008) A new record of the rare alpheid shrimp Coronalpheus natator from Isla Coiba, Panama, with remarks on Coronalpheus and Automate (Crustacea: Decapoda). Rev. Biol. Trop. 56 (Suppl. 4): 297-304.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Coronalpheus natator", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8421. Accessed 1 November 2026.