Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Penaeus californiensis
camarón, Shrimp
Subtidal in sand to 50 m. Comercial in California and Mexico.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Suborder
Dendrobranchiata
Superfamily
Panaeoidea
Family
Penaeidae
Genus
Penaeus
Species
californiensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Farfantepenaeus californiensis (Holmes, 1900 (Horton et al., 2021); Note: This species was recorded as a synonym Appeltans et al. (2013)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Francisco Bay, California 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.) (2013) 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Penaeus californiensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8837. Accessed 1 November 2026.