Galathea corallicola Haswell, 1882

Galathea corallicola Haswell, 1882a: 761 (Port Molle, Queensland, tide marks).— Haswell, 1882b: 162 (no record).— Whitelegge, 1900: 190 (no record).— Haig, 1974: 447 (Western Australia).— Davie, 2002: 61 (no record).—Macpherson, 2008: 290, fig. 1 (syntypes, Port Molle, Queensland, tide marks).—Baba et al., 2008: 68 (compilation).

Dubious identifications:

Galathea corallicola . — Southwell, 1906: 220 (Sri Lanka S of Galle, off Kaltura, coral reefs in Gulf of Manaar, shallow water to 183 m).

Material examined. Papua New Guinea. PAPUA NIUGINI, Stn PR69, 05°01.6'S, 145°48.1'E, 2-15 m, 20 November 2012: 1 ov. F 3.2 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8403).

Australia. South Australia. Edithburgh jetty, 35.085°S, 137.749°E, 1–3 m, 3 May 2009: 1 F 3.7 mm (UF19005). Remarks. The two specimens agree quite well with the type material. G. corallicola is close to G. eupompe n. sp. (see Remarks of the latter species). No genetic data are availablr for G. corallicola .

Distribution. Australia (Queensland and South Australia), Papua New Guinea, 1– 15 m.