Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Coryrhynchus margaritarius
cangrejo decorador de Galápagos, Galapagos decorator crabs
Length to 17 mm.
Extreme low littoral to a depth of at least 25 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Majoidea
Family
Inachidae
Genus
Coryrhynchus
Species
margaritarius
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Podochela margaritaria Rathbun, 1902 (Horton et al., 2021). Note: This species was recorded as a synonym fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: 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.
- Coelho, P.A. (2010) Revisão de Podochela Stimpson e gêneros afins nas costas caribenha e atlântica da América do Sul (Crustacea, Decapoda, Inachidae). Rev. Bras. Zool. [serial on the Internet]. 2006 Sep [cited 2010 May 19] ; 23(3): 678-691. Available from: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-81752006000300010&lng=en. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81752006000300010.
- 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.
- 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, Coryrhynchus margaritarius", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8470. Accessed 4 November 2026.