Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Synalpheus biunguiculatus
camarón chasqueador doble pinza, Twoclaw snapping shrimp
Intertidal to 10 m, between rocks and remains of corals and shell.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Alpheoidea
Family
Alpheidae
Genus
Synalpheus
Species
biunguiculatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Hawaii, Gulf of California to Colombia and Galapagos Islands.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
- Wicksten, M.K. (1991) Caridean and stenopodid shrimp of the Galápagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates; Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin´s Islands. Plenum Press, New York, London, p. 147-156.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Synalpheus biunguiculatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8423. Accessed 1 November 2026.