Galapagos Species Database
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Mesorhoea bellii
Daldorfiidae
Caparace width to 21 mm
Origin and Affin. Atlantic. Hancock expeditions, collected by dredging down to 145 m on sand, shell and coral rubble
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Parthenopoidea
Family
Parthenopidae
Genus
Mesorhoea
Species
bellii
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Mesorhoea gilli Rathbun, 1894, Solenolambrus bellii A. Milne-Edwards, 1878, fide Appeltans et al. (2010)
Origin: Native
Distribution: Gulf of California and Panamic, Baja California, Mexico and 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.
- 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, Mesorhoea bellii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8490. Accessed 4 November 2026.