Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819

Ahyong, Shane T. & Poore, Gary C. B., 2004, Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia, Zootaxa 472 (1), pp. 1-76 : 5-6

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Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819
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Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 View in CoL

Remarks. Representatives of ten galatheid genera are known from Australian waters. The genera are distinguished in the key below.

Key to genera of Galatheidae known from Australia

1 Eyes poorly developed, reduced. Exopod of first maxilliped without flagellum............ ........................................................................................ Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874

– Eyes well developed. Exopod of first maxilliped with flagellum ................................. 2

2 Rostrum triangular, flattened dorsally........................................................................... 3

– Rostrum with spiniform median spine flanked either side by supraocular spine.......... 6

3 Endopod of uropod markedly broader than long. Carapace without transverse ridges .. ......................................................................................................... Lauriea Baba, 1971

– Endopod of uropod about as broad as long. Carapace with transverse ridges.............. 4

4 Rostrum with minute subterminal and distinct basal spine on each side ........................ ........................................................................................ Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969 View in CoL

– Rostrum with spines or spinules distributed along margins.......................................... 5

5 Rostrum strongly elongate, ventrally carinate, with 5–9 small lateral spines................. ................................................................................................. Allogalathea Baba, 1969 View in CoL

– Rostrum of moderate length, flat, with 2–5 distinct lateral spines.................................. ................................................................................................ Galathea Fabricius, 1793 View in CoL

6 Epipods present on first to third pereopods..................................................................... ......................................................... Raymunida Macpherson & Machordom, 2000

– Epipods absent from all pereopods ............................................................................... 7

7 Carapace without dorsal spines ..................Anoplonida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996

– Carapace with dorsal spines .......................................................................................... 8

8 Carapace without transverse ridges, covered with small tubercles, small spines, or very short ridges ............................................................................. Paramunida Baba, 1988

9 Carapace with long, distinct transverse ridges. Dorsal spines not evenly covering entire surface ............................................................................................................... 10

10 Male gonopods on second abdominal somite only .......................................................... .............................................................. Agononida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996

– Male gonopods on first and second abdominal somites............... Munida Leach, 1820

Baba, K. (1969) Four new genera with their representatives and six new species of the Galatheidae in the collection of the Zoological Laboratory, Kyushu University, with redefinition of the genus Galathea. OHMU, Occasional Papers of the Zoological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 2, 1 - 32.

Baba, K. (1971) Lauriea, a new genus proposed for Galathea gardineri Laurie (Crustacea, Anomura, Galatheidae). Memoirs of the Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, section 1 (Natural Science), 19, 51 - 53.

Baba, K. (1988) Chirostylid and galatheid Crustaceans (Decapoda, Anomura) of the Albatross Philippine expedition, 1907 - 1910. Researches on Crustacea, Special No. 2, 1 - 203.

Baba, K. & Saint Laurent, M. de. 1996. Crustacea Decapoda: revision of the genus Bathymunida Balss, 1914, and description of six new related genera (Galatheidae). In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.), Resultats de Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 15. Memoires de Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 168, 433 - 502.

Fabricius, J. C. (1793) Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species. Adjectis Synonimis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, 2, 519. Hafniae.

Leach, W. E. (1820) Galateadees. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, Paris, 18, 48 - 56.

Macpherson, E. & Machordom, A. (2000) Raymunida, new genus (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Journal of Crustacean Biology, Special number 2: 253 - 258.

Whiteaves, J. F. (1874) On recent deep-sea dredging operations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. American Journal of Science, 7, 210 - 279.