Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Microlissa aurivilliusi (Rathbun, 1898)

cangrejo araña, Spider crab

Caparace width to 13 mm.

Origin and Affin. Atlantic. Allan Hancock expeditions, colected by dredging.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Majoidea

Family
Epialtidae

Genus
Microlissa

Species
aurivilliusi

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Lissa aurivilliusi Rathbun, 1898, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Gulf of California, Panamic, Baja California, Mexico and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands).

References

  • 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. (1939) New Brachyuran crabs from the Galapagos Islands. Reports in the collections obtained by Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions of Velero III off the coast of Mexico, Central America, South America, and Galapagos Islands in 1932, in 1933, in 1934, in 1935, in 1936, in 1937, and in 1938. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 5(2): 9-49., The University of Southern California Publications.
  • 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, Microlissa aurivilliusi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8476. Accessed 31 October 2026.