Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Pomagnathus corallinus
camarón chasqueador, Snapping shrimp
Intertidal to subtidal, between corals and rocks.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Alpheoidea
Family
Alpheidae
Genus
Pomagnathus
Species
corallinus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California to Panama and Clarion, Clipperton and Ecuador (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.
- Vázquez-Bader, A.R. (2000) Catálogo de Autoridades de Crustáceos. Alvarez et al., Escobar et al, Gío-Argáez et al., Lopretto, Maeda-Mtnez et al., y Roccatagliatta. 2000-2004. In: Llorente, J. Juan Morrone (eds). Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: Hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento Vol. II. UNAM, CONABIO y BAYER. México, 77 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, Pomagnathus corallinus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8429. Accessed 1 November 2026.