Galapagos Species Database

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

Eupleurodon trifurcatus Stimpson, 1871

cangrejo araña, Spider crab

Origin and Affin. Eastern Pacific.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Malacostraca

Order
Decapoda

Suborder
Pleocyemata

Superfamily
Majoidea

Family
Epialtidae

Genus
Eupleurodon

Species
trifurcatus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Gulf of California, Panamic

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.
  • Garth, J.S. (1939) New Brachyuran crabs from the Galapagos Islands. Reports in the collections obtained by Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions of Velero III off the coast of Mexico, Central America, South America, and Galapagos Islands in 1932, in 1933, in 1934, in 1935, in 1936, in 1937, and in 1938. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 5(2): 9-49., The University of Southern California Publications.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Eupleurodon trifurcatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=9245. Accessed 31 October 2026.