Galathea yamashitai Miyake & Baba, 1967

Dong, Chao & Li, Xinzheng, 2010, Reports of Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from Chinese waters, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 2687, pp. 1-28 : 24

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.199458

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4570337

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scientific name

Galathea yamashitai Miyake & Baba, 1967
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Galathea yamashitai Miyake & Baba, 1967 View in CoL

Galathea yamashitai Miyake & Baba, 1967: 239 View in CoL , figs 9, 10 (type locality: East China Sea, 128 m). — Baba 2005: 245. — Wang 2008: 749. — Baba et al. 2008: 81.

Material examined. East China Sea. MBM 042818, 1 male (4.1 mm), St. 4076, 28.25°N, 121.75°E, CN D47B-39, 89 m, brown muddy sand, AT, 4 Jul.1959; MBM 150250, 2 males (3.9, 4.7 mm), St. III-4, CN V489B-16, 82 m, muddy sand, AT, 27 Jun.1976.

South China Sea. MBM069804/05, 1 male (2.9 mm), St. 6018, 22.75°N, 116°E, CN K65B-87, 87 m, sandy mud, AT, 11 Jul.1959. MBM069817, 5 males (2.2–2.5 mm), 1 ovigerous female (2.7 mm), St. 6107, 19.5°N, 112°E, CN K147B-7, 92 m, muddy sand, AT, 4 Apr.1960; MBM069826, 1 female (3.0 mm), St. 6078, 20°N, 113°E, CN K35B-50, 87 m, fine sand, AT, 21 Apr.1959.

Distribution. Previously known from Gulf of Oman, Bay of Bengal, East China Sea; 92– 241 m. Now also known from South China Sea, 87– 92 m. The present record extends the bathymetric range of the species in the East China Sea from 128 m to 82– 128 m.

Remarks. The specimens agree with the original description of Miyake & Baba (1967).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Galatheidae

Genus

Galathea

Loc

Galathea yamashitai Miyake & Baba, 1967

Dong, Chao & Li, Xinzheng 2010
2010
Loc

Galathea yamashitai

Wang 2008: 749
Baba 2008: 81
Baba 2005: 245
Miyake 1967: 239
1967
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