Galathea spinosorostris Dana, 1852

Galathea spinoso-rostris Dana, 1852: 480 (type locality: Sandwich Islands (= Hawaiian Islands)); 1855: pl. 30, fig. 9a–c.

Galathea spinosirostris . — Henderson 1893: 431 [misspelling].

Galathea spinosorostris . — Laurie 1926: 124. — Baba 1988: 78; 1990: 959; 2005: 245. — Komai 2000: 253. — Wang 2008: 749. — Baba et al. 2008: 77.

Galathea algae Baba, 1969b: 11, fig. 2 (type locality: Tosa Bay, 27 m).

Material examined. South China Sea. Nansha Islands: MBM 150175, 1 male (1.7 mm), 1 ovigerous female (2.4 mm), Zhubijiao, 26 May 1989; MBM 150192, 1 female (3.1 mm), Xiantujiao, CN SSFV 8-17, coral, 24 Jul.1988; MBM 150202, 1 male (2.6 mm), 1 female (2.6 mm), 2 ovigerous females (2.7, 3.1 mm), Yongshujiao, CN SSFJ 1-13, 3 m, 17 May 1990.

Distribution. Previously known from Madagascar, Providence, Seychelles, Cargados Carajos, Amirante, Saya de Malha Bank, Red Sea, Chagos, Muttuwar Par, Gulf of Martaban, Andaman Sea, South China Sea, Gorong Island, Ternate, Marsegu Island, Moluccas, Palau Islands, Yap Island, Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands), Waikiki Reef, Honolulu, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia; intertidal to 772 m. The present record from the South China Sea extends the bathymetric range of the species in the South China Sea from 22–410 m to 3– 410 m.

Remarks. The specimens agree with the previous discriptions of the species. Baba (1988) was the first to report the species from the South China Sea.