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Aethra scutata SI Smith, 1869

Cngrejo, Walking rock crab

Caparace width to 100 mm

Littoral on rocky shore- Sublittoral to 34 m

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Aerhroidea

Family
Aethridae

Genus
Aethra

Species
scutata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Oethra scruposa var. scutata A. Milne-Edwards, 1878, Aethra scruposa scutata Rathbun, 1925 (Ng, 1999).

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

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

Distribution: Gulf to Panama, and oceanic island of the eastern Pacific.

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.
  • 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.
  • Ng, P. K. L. (1999) A synopsis of the genus Aethra Latreille, 1816 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Parthenopidae) Crustaceana, 109–121.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Aethra scutata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8491. Accessed 4 November 2026.