Arthropoda; Crustacea; Decapoda of deep-sea volcanic habitats of the Galapagos Marine Reserve, Tropical Eastern Pacific Author Arnes-Urgelles, Camila Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Av. Charles Darwin s / n, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7756-7564 kmiarnes@gmail.com Author Buglass, Salome Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Av. Charles Darwin s / n, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6329-3937 Author Ahyong, Shane T. Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Sydney, Australia Author Salinas-de-Leon, Pelayo Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Av. Charles Darwin s / n, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador & Pristine Seas, National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C., United States of America https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9155-8373 Author Wicksten, Mary K. Department of Biology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9097-353X Author Marsh, Leigh Charles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Av. Charles Darwin s / n, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador & Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, Southampton, United Kingdom text Biodiversity Data Journal 2020 8 54482 54482 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54482 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e54482 1314-2828-8-e54482 4669A235A7905E1A9862F3C8C9864ED6 Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: CDF Volunteer ; behavior: on seafloor; occurrenceStatus: present; preparations: Image only; associatedMedia: https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1913/31778740868_c9cf226f55_o.png; occurrenceID: H1435_122925_Metacarcinus_sp_inc_edwardsii; Taxon: scientificNameID: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:439213; scientificName: Metacarcinus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Malacostraca; order: Decapoda; family: Cancridae; genus: Metacarcinus; scientificNameAuthorship: A. Milne-Edwards, 1862; taxonomicStatus: accepted; Location: locationID: MRGID8403; waterBody: Pacific Ocean; country: Ecuador ; stateProvince: Galapagos; locality: North ; verbatimLocality: East of Wolf; minimumDepthInMeters: 327; maximumDepthInMeters: 327; decimalLatitude: 1.2319 ; decimalLongitude: -91.1137 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; coordinateUncertaintyInMeters: 10; Identification: identifiedBy: Shane Ahyong ; dateIdentified: 2017; identificationRemarks: ID from imagery only; identificationQualifier: Metacarcinusedwardsii sp. inc.; Event: eventID: NA064; samplingProtocol: Remotely Operated Vehicles ; eventDate: 06-27-15 ; eventTime: 12:29:25 PM; habitat: Seamount; Record Level: language: en; bibliographicCitation: WoRMS (2019). Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439213 on 2019-08-23; institutionCode: CDF ; collectionCode: Arthropoda ; datasetName: Video transect framegrabs; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Notes It is very clear from the form of the carapace and chelipeds that this is a member of the Cancridae and subtle details of the carapace margins visible in other photos correspond best to Metacarcinus . Fig. 23