Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cronius ruber
cangrejo nadador rojo, Red swimming crab
Caparace width to 85 mm.
Origin and Affin. Atlantic. Littoral rocky shore and Sublittoral to 40 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Portunoidea
Family
Portunidae
Genus
Cronius
Species
ruber
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Amphitrite edwardsii Lockington, 1877, Goniosoma millerii A. Milne-Edwards, 1868, Portunus ruber Lamarck, 1818, fide Appeltans et al.(2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California, Panamic, Atlantic from Baja California, Mexico to Peru 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.
- Edgar, G.J. Fariña, J.M., Calvopiña, M., Martínez, C. & Banks, S. (2002) Comunidades submareales rocosas II: Peces y macroinvertebrados móviles. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 68-97.
- 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, Cronius ruber", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8497. Accessed 3 November 2026.