Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Penaeus californiensis Holmes, 1900

camarón, Shrimp

Subtidal in sand to 50 m. Comercial in California and Mexico.

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

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)

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.) (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.