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Galathea spinosorostris Dana 1852

Description

Galathea spinosorostris Dana, 1852

(Fig. 3 F)

Galathea spinoso-rostris Dana, 1852: 480.

Galathea spinosorostris. — Baba et al. 2008: 77 (compilation).

Material examined. La Reunion, Pierre au Prefet, fore reef, 21º03.75'S, 55º12.768'E, 10–19 m, 15 August 2007, 1 M 3.0 mm (UF12841).

Mayotte. Stn 23, Choizil pass, "Patate à Teddy" 12°40'56.91"S, 44°57'51.63"E, 15–30 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Dumas coll., 13 November 2009, outer reef, collapsed barrier, 1 M 3.2 mm, 1 ov. F 3.4 mm (MNHN-Ga7340).

Coloration. Base of carapace and abdomen light orange, with striae reddish. P1–4 whitish with red stripes on distal part of meri, carpi and propodi; P1 fingers reddish, distal part whitish.

Distribution. Widely distributed along the Indian Ocean and West and Central Pacific, from Hawaiian Islands (type locality), French Polynesia, Palau, Philippines, Indonesia, Andaman Sea, eastern coast of Africa, from Zanzibar to Seychelles and Madagascar, between 1.5 and 772 m. The wide depth range of the species recommends a revision of the material from different depths and localities. The present material from La Réunion and Mayotte was collected at 10– 30 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 62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197819

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dana
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Galatheidae
Genus
Galathea
Species
spinosorostris
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Galathea spinosorostris Dana, 1852 sec. Macpherson & Cleva, 2010

References

  • Dana, J. D. (1852) Crustacea. Part I. United States Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., 13, 1 - 685, with a folio atlas of 96 pls (published 1885).
  • 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.