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Galathea ternatensis De Man 1902

Description

Galathea ternatensis De Man, 1902

(Figs. 3 I, J)

Galathea orientalis var. ternatensis De Man, 1902: 714.

Galathea ternatensis. — Baba et al. 2008: 80 (compilation).

Material examined. Madagascar, between Nosy Be and Nosy Tanikely, muddy lagoon, 13º27.432'S, 48º14.904'E, 24–25 m, 21 May 2008, 1 M 2.9 mm (UF12548), 2 F 3.4–4.0 mm (UF12544, 14630).

Coloration. Body ground and pereiopods light orange or greenish. P1–4 with some drak stripes.

Distribution. Widely distributed along Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Moluccas (type locality), Sulu Archipelago, Western Australia, New Guinea and New Caledonia in the western Pacific. Maldives and Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean at 18– 210 m. The present material from Madagascar was collected at 24– 25 m.

Notes

Published as part of Macpherson, Enrique & Cleva, Régis, 2010, Shallow-water squat lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from Mayotte (Comoros Island), La Réunion and Madagascar, with the description of a new genus and two new species, pp. 57-68 in Zootaxa 2612 on page 63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197819

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Galatheidae
Genus
Galathea
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
De Man
Species
ternatensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Galathea ternatensis Man, 1902 sec. Macpherson & Cleva, 2010

References

  • Man, J. G. de (1902) Die von Herrn Professor Kukenthal im Indischen Archipel gesammelten Dekapoden und Stomatopoden. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 25, 467 - 929, pls 19 - 27.
  • Baba, K., Macpherson, E, Poore, G. C. B., Ahyong, S. T., Bermudez, A., Cabezas, P., Lin, C. W., Nizinski, M., Rodrigues, C. & Schnabel, K. E. (2008) Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura-families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). Zootaxa, 1905, 1 - 220.