Galathea balssi Miyake & Baba, 1964

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 : 56

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Galathea balssi Miyake & Baba, 1964 View in CoL

Galathea australiensis View in CoL .— Balss, 1913b: 13, figs 13 (Uraga Strait, Sagami Bay, and Nagasaki, 150 m) (not G. australiensis Stimpson, 1858 View in CoL ).

Galathea balssi Miyake & Baba, 1964: 205 View in CoL , figs 1, 2 (East China Sea, 120–122 m).— Miyake & Baba, 1967c: 228 (East China Sea, 84–130 m).— Haig, 1973: 278, fig. 2a–f (E of Rockhampton, Queensland, 31 m).— Baba, 1988: 69 (Sulu Archipelago, E of Masbate, and South China Sea off SW Luzon, 140–216 m).— Davie, 2002: 61 (list).— Komai, 2000: 352 (list).— Baba, 2005: 243 (key, synonymies).—Baba et al., 2008: 66 (compilation).—Poore et al., 2008: 19 (SW Australia, 100–382 m).— Dong & Li, 2010: 6 View Cited Treatment (East and South China Sea, Nansha Islands, 55–139 m).

? Galathea australiensis View in CoL .— Yokoya, 1933: 57 (Suruga Bay and SE of Tsushima, 51–110m).

Not Galathea balssi View in CoL .— Tirmizi & Javed, 1993: 47, fig. 21 (= Galathea anepipoda Baba, 1990 View in CoL ).

Not Galathea balssi View in CoL . —Poore et al., 2008: 19 (SW Australia, 100–382 m) (= Galathea argus View in CoL n. sp.).

Material examined. Japan. Kochi Prefecture, no depth recorded: 1 ov. F 5.3 mm ( SMF).

Philippines. MUSORSTOM 1, Stn CP2, 14°03'N, 120°19'E, 182–187 m, 19 March 1976: 1 ov. F 5.7 mm, 3 F 4.1–4.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8232).—Stn CP3, 14°02'N, 120°16'E, 183–185 m, 19 March 1976: 2 M 3.0– 5.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8236).—Stn CP5,14°01'N, 120°23'E, 200–215 m, 19 March 1976: 1 F 5.9 mm (MNHN-IU- 2013-8240). — Stn CP6, 14°01'N, 120°20'E, 182–200 m, 19 March 1976: 1 F 6.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013- 8247).— Stn CP10, 14°00'N, 120°18'E, 187–205 m, 19 March 1976: 1 M 5.9 mm, 3 ov. F 5.8–6.8 mm (MNHN- IU-2013-8238).— Stn CP20, 13°59'N, 120°20'E, 208–222 m, 21 March 1976: 1 M 5.9 mm, 1 ov. F 5.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8237).—Stn CP24, 14°00'N, 120°18'E, 189–209 m, 22 March 1976: 1 M 4.8 mm, 2 ov. F 5.9–6.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8235).— Stn CP25, 14°03'N, 120°20'E, 191–200 m, 22 March 1976: 1 M 5.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8234), 7 M 4.4–6.9 mm, 11 ov. F 4.8–7.0 mm, 1 F 5.5 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8233).—Stn CP27, 14°00'N, 120°19'E, 188–192 m, 22 March 1976: 1 ov. F 5.6 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8241).— Stn CP32, 14°02'N, 120°18'E, 184–193 m, 23 March 1976: 1 M 6.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8243).— Stn CP33, 13°59'N, 120°19'E, 187–197 m, 23 March 1976: 1 ov. F 7.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8248).— Stn CP36, 14°01'N, 120°20'E, 187–210 m, 23 March 1976: 1 M 3.8 mm, 1 ov. F 6.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8244).— Stn CP60, 14°07'N, 120°18'E, 124–129 m, 27 March 1976: 1 F 2.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8249).— Stn CP61, 14°02'N, 120°18'E, 184–202 m, 27 March 1976: 2 ov. F 5.6–7.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8239). MUSORSTOM 2, Stn CP12, 14°01'N, 120°20'E, 197–210 m, 21 November 1980: 1 ov. F 5.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8242). MUSORSTOM 3, Stn CP124, 12°03'N, 121°35'E, 10–123 m, 4 June 1985: 1 ov. F 5.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8246), 1 M 6.3 mm (MNHN-IU-2013- 13977).

Indonesia. Kei Islands. KARUBAR, Stn CP66, 09°01'S, 132°09'E, 211–217 m, 1 November 1991: 1 F 6.6 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8245).

Vanuatu. SANTO, Stn AT69, 15°40.4'S, 167°17.3'E, 207–229 m, 5 October 2006: 1 M 3.2 mm (MNHN-IU- 2013-8250).

Remarks. The material examined agrees quite well with the original description and illustrations. Nevertheless, the parahepatic and epigastric spines can be absent in some specimens.

Galathea balssi resembles G. galene n. sp. from Vanuatu (see below under Remarks for the latter species).

Distribution. Western Pacific, from Japan to Queensland and Vanuatu, 31– 222 m.

References

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Baba, K. (2005) Deep-sea chirostylid and galatheid crustaceans (Decapoda: Anomura) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a list of species. Galathea Reports, 20, 1 - 317.

Balss, H. (1913 b) Ostasiatische Decapoden I. Die Galatheiden und Paguriden. In: Doflein, F. (ed.), Beitraege zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Klasse der Koniglich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2, 1 - 85, pls 1, 2.

Davie, P. J. F. (2002) Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2): Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, xiv + 641 pp.

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Miyake, S. & Baba, K. (1964) Two new species of Galathea from Japan and the East China Sea. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 13, 205 - 211.

Miyake, S. & Baba, K. (1967 c) Galatheids of the East China Sea (Chirostylidae and Galatheidae, Decapoda, Crustacea). Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 14, 225 - 246.

Stimpson, W. (1858) Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars VII. Crustacea Anomura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 10, 225 - 252.

Tirmizi, N. M. & Javed, W. (1993) Indian Ocean galatheids (Crustacea: Anomura) Marine Reference Collection and Resource Centre. University of Karachi, Karachi. 147 pp.

Yokoya, Y. (1933) On the distribution of decapod crustaceans inhabiting the continental shelf around Japan, chiefly based upon the materials collected by S. S. Soyo-Maru during the years 1923 - 30. Journal of the College of Agriculture, 12, 1 - 226. [Tokyo Imperial University]