Galathea vitiensis Dana, 1852

Baba, Keiji, Macpherson, Enrique, Poore, Gary C. B., Ahyong, Shane T., Bermudez, Adriana, Cabezas, Patricia, Lin, Chia-Wei, Nizinski, Martha, Rodrigues, Celso & Schnabel, Kareen E., 2008, Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura-families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae), Zootaxa 1905 (1), pp. 1-220 : 80-82

Galathea vitiensis Dana, 1852

Galathea vitiensis Dana, 1852: 481 ( Fiji Islands). — Dana, 1855 (pl. 30, figs 10a, b).

Type data: not located.

Type locality: Fiji Islands.

Galathea whiteleggii Grant & McCulloch, 1906

Galathea whiteleggii Grant & McCulloch, 1906: 45 , pl. 4, figs 2, 2a (off Wata Mooli (= Wattamolla) and Port Jackson, NSW, 99–108 m). — McNeill, 1968: 33 (Great Barrier Reef, off Low Island, 22 m). — Haig, 1973: 278, fig. 2g (off Dunwich, Moreton Bay Queensland, 7.3 m). — Davie, 2002: 62 (no record). — Poore, 2004: 232, fig. 63h (compilation). — Baba, 2005: 245 (key, synonymies).

Galathea whiteleggei . — Tirmizi & Javed, 1993: 57, fig. 25 (Bay of Bengal, 2417 m (depth remains questionable)).

Not Galathea whiteleggei . — Tirmizi, 1966: 186, fig. 9 (South Arabian Sea, 38 m).

Type data: 3 syntypes, AM G2394 .

Type locality: off Wata Mooli (= Wattamolla), NSW, Australia, 99–108 m.

Galathea wolffi Miyake & Baba, 1970

Galathea wolffi Miyake & Baba, 1970: 74 , fig. 4 ( Equatorial Guinea, 260–650 m).

Type data: holotype, ovigerous female, ZLKU 14308 .

Type locality: Equatorial Guinea, 2º09´N, 9º27´E, 260–650 m.

Galathea yamashitai Miyake & Baba, 1967

Galathea yamashitai Miyake & Baba, 1967c: 239 , figs 9, 10 (East China Sea, 128 m). — Tirmizi & Javed, 1993: 43, fig. 19 (Gulf of Oman and Bay of Bengal, 92–241 m). — Baba, 2005: 245 (key, synonymies).

Type data: holotype, male, ZLKU 9661 .

Type locality: East China Sea, 31°31.7´N, 127°27.4´E, 128 m.

Dubious identifications:

Galathea antiqua Risso, 1816: 73 (Nice) . — Risso, 1827: 48 (see Holthuis, 1977).

Galathea latirostris . — Balss, 1913b: 10, figs 9–10 (Bonin Islands).

Galathea australiensis . — Miers, 1884: 277, pl. 31: fig. B (Port Denison, Port Molle, Arafura Sea, 7–66 m). Galathea sp. — Minemizu, 2000: 167, with fig. (Iriomote, Ryukyu Island, 15 m).

Galathea sp. A . — Kato & Okuno, 2001: 87, with fig. (Hachijo Island, Japan, 15 m).

Galathea sp. B . — Kato & Okuno, 2001: 88, with fig. (Hachijo Island, Japan, 35 m).

Galalthea sp. 2. — Gosliner et al., 1996: 226, fig. 822 ( Philippines).

Genus Heteronida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996

Heteronida Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996: 474 (gender: feminine). — Baba, 2005: 87.

Type species: Bathymunida aspinirostris Khodkina, 1981 , by original designation.

Heteronida aspinirostris ( Khodkina, 1981)

Bathymunida aspinirostris Khodkina, 1981: 1261 , figs 1–5 (Norfolk Ridge, 510 m).

Heteronida aspinirostris . — Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996: 475, figs 3d–e, 23, 32d–f. ( New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Pines Island, Norfolk Ridge, Chesterfield Islands, and Vanuatu, 345–930 m). — Baba, 2005: 246 (key, synonymies). — Macpherson & Baba, 2006a: 451 ( Tonga, 400–504 m).

Type data: holotype, ovigerous female, SUM MA-2241 .

Type locality: Norfolk Ridge , 29°46´S, 167°59´E, 510 m.

Heteronida barunae Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996

Heteronida barunae Baba & de Saint Laurent, 1996: 478 , figs 3f, 24 (Kei Islands, 205–212 m). — Baba, 2005: 88, 246 (key, synonymies, Kei Islands, 250 m).

Type data: holotype, male, MNHN Ga 3640 .

Type locality: Kei Islands , 5°18´S, 133°01´E, 205–212 m.