Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Ethusa lata
cangrejos oxistomatos, Oxystomatous crabs
Caparace width to 12 mm.
Subtidal on sand and shell bottoms, 6 - 180 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Dorioppoidea
Family
Ethusidae
Genus
Ethusa
Species
lata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aethusa pubescens Faxon, 1893, fide Appeltans, W. et. al (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf to California to Ecuador including 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.
- Garth, J.S. (1991) Taxonomy, Distribution, and Ecology of Galápagos. Brachyura. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 123-155.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Zimmerman, T.L. (2000) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 156 pp.
- IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ethusa lata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8459. Accessed 4 November 2026.