Galathea spinimanus Borradaile, 1900

Macpherson, Enrique & Robainas-Barcia, Aymee, 2015, Species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species, Zootaxa 3913 (1), pp. 1-335 : 288-289

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Galathea spinimanus Borradaile, 1900 View in CoL

Galathea spinimanus Borradaile, 1900: 421 View in CoL , pl. 39, figs 16a (Lifou, Loyalty Islands).—Baba et al., 2008: 77 (compilation).

Remarks. This species was originally described by Borradaile (1910) on the basis of one male and two females collected in Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. The illustration given by Borradaile includes the carapace and the abdomen only, and the description is very short. No additional specimens were collected since the original description. Unfortunately, in spite of the extensive sampling carried out in Lifou Island we have not found any specimens that match the original description of G. spinimanus . In the present study we have found more than 20 species of Galathea from that Island, although only one species, G. maculiabdominalis Baba, 1972 , is close to G. spinimanus . These two species can be easily distinguished by the structure of the mesogastric ridge. This ridge is uninterrupted laterally in G. spinimanus and interrupted laterally in G. maculiabdominalis . Therefore, we consider for the time being that G. spinimanus and G. maculiabdominalis are distinct. Nevertheless, additional samples referable to G. spinimanus would be necessary to fully assess the specific identity of that taxon.

Galathea spinimanus View in CoL is also similar to G. celiae View in CoL n. sp. and G. latirostris Dana, 1852 View in CoL (differentiating characters are discussed under Remarks of these latter species).

Distribution. Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands.

References

Baba, K. (1972) Galathea maculiabdominalis sp. nov., a new galatheid from the Ryukyu Islands (Crustacea, Anomura, Galatheidae). Memoirs of the Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Section 1 (Natural Science), 21, 86 - 89.

Borradaile, L. A. (1900) On the Stomatopoda and Macrura brought by Dr. Willey from the South Seas. Zoological Results Based on Material From New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and Elsewhere, Collected During the Years 1895, 1896 and 1897, by Arthur Willey, 4, 395 - 428, pls 36 - 39.

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).