Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Nanocassiope polita
cangrejo xántido, Xanthid crab
Caparace width to 10.4 mm.
Origin and Affin. Atlantic. Littoral and Sublittoral to 275 m.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Pleocyemata
Superfamily
Xanthoidea
Family
Xanthidae
Genus
Nanocassiope
Species
polita
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Micropanope polita Rathbun, 1894, Panopeus tanneri Faxon, 1893, fide Hickman (2000) & Appeltans et al.(2010)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Cocos Islands, 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, Nanocassiope polita", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8520. Accessed 31 October 2026.