Galathea robusta Baba, 1990

Macpherson, Enrique & Robainas-Barcia, Aymee, 2015, Species of the genus Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, with descriptions of 92 new species, Zootaxa 3913 (1), pp. 1-335 : 268

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5136133
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scientific name	Galathea robusta Baba, 1990
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Galathea robusta Baba, 1990 View in CoL

Galathea robusta Baba, 1990: 956 View in CoL , fig. 13 ( Madagascar, 105–115 m).— Baba, 2005: 84, fig. 31, 245 (key, synonymies, Mauritius, 238 m).—Baba et al., 2008: 76 (compilation).—Macpherson, 2012: 410 (comparative material).

Material examined. Madagascar. ATIMO VATAE. Stn CP3561, 25°38'S, 46°13'E, 128–133 m, 6 May 2010: 1 M 3.0 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8421).

Reunion Island. MD32, Stn CP57, 21°04.5'S, 55°11'E, 210–227 m, 22 August 1982: 2 ov. F 3.0– 4.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8420).

Remarks. The specimens examined agree quite well with the holotype male (MNHN-Ga712) from Madagascar (Baba 1990). Galathea robusta resembles G. sentosa n. sp. from Wallis and Futuna (see Remarks for this latter species).

The genetic divergences with other species are always higher than 15.2% (COI, the closest is G. p s i l a n. sp.) and 7.4% (16S rRNA, the closest is G. cymo n. sp.) ( Tab. 3 View TABLE 3 ).

Distribution. Madagascar, La Réunion, Mauritius, 105– 238 m.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Galatheidae
Genus	Galathea