Galathea guttata Osawa, 2004

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 : 11-12

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3504137

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038EBF20-FFA1-B012-FF08-91A1FD37F90A

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Plazi

scientific name

Galathea guttata Osawa, 2004
status

 

Galathea guttata Osawa, 2004 View in CoL

( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 )

Galathea sp. B. — Kato & Okuno 2001: 88, unnumbered fig.

Galathea guttata Osawa, 2004: 93 View in CoL , fig. 3A, B (type locality: Ryukyu Islands and Izu Islands). — Baba et al. 2008: 69.

Material examined. South China Sea. MBM069823, 1 male (5.4 mm), St. 6224, 17.75°N, 109°E, CN N219B-177, 54 m, coarse mud, sand and shell, AT, 16 May 1960. Hainan Island: MBM 150114, 1 ovigerous female (4.9 mm), Xincun Harbor, CN 92C-271, 1– 3 m, DC, living coral, 26–27 Mar.1992; MBM 150287, 1 male (4.1 mm), 2 ovigerous females (4.0, 4.3 mm), Yalong Bay, Yezhu Island, 7 m, from living Pocillopora sp., 22 Mar.1992; MBM 150288, 1 male (5.4 mm), Yalong Bay, Yezhu Island, 8 m, dead coral, 27 Mar.1992; MBM 150307, 1 female (3.3 mm), CN 90C–665, Yalong Bay, Yezhu Island, 6–11 m, DC, 25 Nov.1990.

Distribution. Previously known from Izu Islands, Ryukyu Islands; 2– 40 m. Now also known from South China Sea; 1– 54 m.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with Osawa’s (2004) descripton and illustrations. This is the first record for the species from the Chinese waters.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Galatheidae

Genus

Galathea

Loc

Galathea guttata Osawa, 2004

Dong, Chao & Li, Xinzheng 2010
2010
Loc

Galathea guttata

Baba 2008: 69
Osawa 2004: 93
2004
Loc

Galathea sp. B.

Kato 2001: 88
2001
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