Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Teleophrys cristulipes
teleopiris del Pacifico, Pacific teleophrys
Caparace width to 15 mm.
Origin and Affin. Atlantic. Sublittoral on rocky bottoms to 40 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleyocemata
Superfamily
Majoidea
Family
Mithracidae
Genus
Teleophrys
Species
cristulipes
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Teleophrys diana Boone, 1927, fide Appeltans et al. (2010). Para Galapagos se han determinado como: S. triangulata, S. macdonaldi y S. ovata, por la falta de especimenes no se han podido determinar cambios morfológicos con el crecimiento de la especie.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baja California, Mexico to Panama and Ecuador (Galapagos)
- 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, Teleophrys cristulipes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8479. Accessed 4 November 2026.