Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858

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 : 17

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3509501

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scientific name

Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858
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Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858 View in CoL

Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858: 90 View in CoL (type locality: Hakodate and Amami-oshima, Japan, 46–60 m). — Miyake 1982: 145, pl. 49, fig. 3. — Baba 1969a: 48, fig. 5; 1988: 76; 2005: 83, fig. 30, 245. — Kim 1973: 176, fig. 20, pl. 65, figs, 6a, 6b. — Wu et al. 1998: 97, figs 14, 21A. — Komai 2000: 253. — Baba et al. 2008: 76 View Cited Treatment . — Baba et al. 2009: 125, figs 105, 106.

Galathea subsquamata View in CoL . — Wu et al. 1998: 100, figs. 16, 21C. — Wang 2008: 749. (Not G. subsquamata Stimpson, 1858 View in CoL )

Material examined. East China Sea. MBM 150117, 2 males (3.6, 4.1 mm), 1 ovigerous female (4.5 mm), St. 17, CN V577B- 67, 117 m, fine sand, AT, 29 Jun.1978; MBM 150121, 1 ovigerous female (4.9 mm), St. IV-6, CN V496B- 8, 115 m, 4 Jul.1976; MBM 150245, 1 male (3.8 mm), St. 5, CN V562B- 35, 147 m, fine sand, 30 may 1978; MBM 150323, 1 female (4.4 mm), St. III-8, CN V485B- 20, 107 m, moderate sand, AT, 27 Jun.1976; MBM 150338, 1 ovigerous female (5.3 mm), St. V-7, CN V473B- 145, 100 m, fine sand, 10 Oct.1975; MBM 150351, 2 ovigerous females (5.1, 5.4 mm), St. V-4, CN V519B- 192, 106 m, fine sand, 27 Aug.1976; MBM 150358, 2 males (3.7, 4.0 mm), 2 ovigerous females (4.6, 4.9 mm), St. IV-7, CN V554B- 155, 126 m, fine sand and broken shell, 21 Sep.1976.

South China Sea. Nansha Islands: MBM 150220, 1 female (6.5 mm), St. 34, CN 33, 145– 185 m, muddy sand, AT, 27 Jul.1988.

Distribution. Previously known from Durban, South Africa, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Korea, Japan (Amami-oshima, Murotozaki, SKii Peninsula, Sagami Bay, Hakodate), East China Sea, South China Sea, Taiwan, Arafura Sea, Kei Islands, Philippines, Bali Sea, Western Australia, Central Queensland, New Caledonia; 40–494 m depth. The present record extends the bathymetric ranges in the East and South China Seas from 120 m and 198–494 m to 110–147 m and 145–185 m respectively.

Remarks. The specimens agree with the previous descriptions with the pubescent carapace and armed with dorsal spinules on theanterior half. Baba (1969a) is the first to report the species from the East China Sea.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Galatheidae

Genus

Galathea

Loc

Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858

Dong, Chao & Li, Xinzheng 2010
2010
Loc

Galathea subsquamata

Wang 2008: 749
Wu 1998: 100
1998
Loc

Galathea pubescens

Baba 2009: 125
Baba 2008: 76
Komai 2000: 253
Wu 1998: 97
Miyake 1982: 145
Kim 1973: 176
Baba 1969: 48
Stimpson 1858: 90
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