Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Libinia macdonaldi Rathbun, 1892, Pericera ovatus Bell, 1835, Pericera triangulata Rathbun, 1892, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

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

Distribution: (S. triangulata) Gulf of California, Panamic (Rathbun, 1925), Chile and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) (Garth, 1991)

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• IUCN (2010) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 26 April 2010.
• Rathbun, Mary J. (1925) The spiders crabs of America. Rathbun, M. (1925). The spiders crabs of America. In Smitsonian Institution.