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Galathea pubescens Stimpson 1858

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Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858

Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858: 90 (type locality: Hakodate and Amami-oshima, Japan, 46–60 m). — Miyake 1982: 145, pl. 49, fig. 3. — Baba 1969a: 48, fig. 5; 1988: 76; 2005: 83, fig. 30, 245. — Kim 1973: 176, fig. 20, pl. 65, figs, 6a, 6b. — Wu et al. 1998: 97, figs 14, 21A. — Komai 2000: 253. — Baba et al. 2008: 76. — Baba et al. 2009: 125, figs 105, 106.

Galathea subsquamata. — Wu et al. 1998: 100, figs. 16, 21C. — Wang 2008: 749. (Not G. subsquamata Stimpson, 1858)

Material examined. East China Sea. MBM 150117, 2 males (3.6, 4.1 mm), 1 ovigerous female (4.5 mm), St. 17, CN V577B- 67, 117 m, fine sand, AT, 29 Jun.1978; MBM 150121, 1 ovigerous female (4.9 mm), St. IV-6, CN V496B- 8, 115 m, 4 Jul.1976; MBM 150245, 1 male (3.8 mm), St. 5, CN V562B- 35, 147 m, fine sand, 30 may 1978; MBM 150323, 1 female (4.4 mm), St. III-8, CN V485B- 20, 107 m, moderate sand, AT, 27 Jun.1976; MBM 150338, 1 ovigerous female (5.3 mm), St. V-7, CN V473B- 145, 100 m, fine sand, 10 Oct.1975; MBM 150351, 2 ovigerous females (5.1, 5.4 mm), St. V-4, CN V519B- 192, 106 m, fine sand, 27 Aug.1976; MBM 150358, 2 males (3.7, 4.0 mm), 2 ovigerous females (4.6, 4.9 mm), St. IV-7, CN V554B- 155, 126 m, fine sand and broken shell, 21 Sep.1976.

South China Sea. Nansha Islands: MBM 150220, 1 female (6.5 mm), St. 34, CN 33, 145– 185 m, muddy sand, AT, 27 Jul.1988.

Distribution. Previously known from Durban, South Africa, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Korea, Japan (Amami-oshima, Murotozaki, SKii Peninsula, Sagami Bay, Hakodate), East China Sea, South China Sea, Taiwan, Arafura Sea, Kei Islands, Philippines, Bali Sea, Western Australia, Central Queensland, New Caledonia; 40–494 m depth. The present record extends the bathymetric ranges in the East and South China Seas from 120 m and 198–494 m to 110–147 m and 145–185 m respectively.

Remarks. The specimens agree with the previous descriptions with the pubescent carapace and armed with dorsal spinules on theanterior half. Baba (1969a) is the first to report the species from the East China Sea.

Notes

Published as part of Dong, Chao & Li, Xinzheng, 2010, Reports of Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from Chinese waters, with descriptions of two new species, pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2687 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.199458

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Scientific name authorship
Stimpson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Galatheidae
Genus
Galathea
Species
pubescens
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species
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Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858 sec. Dong & Li, 2010

References

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  • Miyake, S. (1982) Japanese crustacean decapods and stomatopods in color. Vol. 1. Macrura, Anomura and Stomatopoda. Hoikusha, Osaka, 261 pp. (First edition; second printing in 1991 including some name changes of some species).
  • Baba, K. (1969 a) Chirostylids and galatheids from dredgings and trawlings operated in the East China Sea by the Japanese Fisheries Research Vessel Kaiyo Maru in 1967. Ohmu, 2, 41 - 57.
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