Galathea amboinensis De Man, 1888

Galathea amboinensis De Man, 1888: 457, pl. 19: fig. 3 (type locality: Ambon).— Baba, 1979b: 648 (Gorong Island, subtidal).— Baba, 1988: 68, fig. 27 (Sulu Archipelago, shore).— Fujita & Baba, 1999: 112, fig. 1 (Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 5.5–29.8 m, on crinoids).— Fujita et al., 2003: 80, figs 2–11 (larvae) (Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, subtidal).— Davie, 2002: 60 (no record).—Poore et al., 2008: 19 (SW Australia, 96–101 m).— Baba & Fujita, 2008: 44, figs. 1, 2 (Ryuku Islands, 7.1–9.7 m).—Baba et al., 2008: 65 (compilation).

Galathea minuta Potts, 1915: 87, pl. 1, fig. 6 (type locality: off Mabuiagu Island, Torres Strait, 7 m; type not located).

Material examined. Indonesia. Gorong Island, in front of Kotasirih, 27 January 1975: 1 M 3.2 mm (MNHN- Ga1148).

New Caledonia. Chesterfield Islands. CORAIL 2, Stn CP90, 19°03'S, 158°56'E, 44–48 m, 26 July 1988: 1 M 5.7 mm, 1 ov. F 6.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8305).

Remarks. No significant differences were observed between the present material and the previous descriptions (for example, see Baba & Fujita 2008). No molecular data are available from G. amboinensis .

Distribution. Ryuku Islands, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Chesterfield Islands, SW Australia, 5– 48 m. On crinoids, on Capillaster multiradiatus, Comanthina schlegeli, and Comanthus timorensis .