Galathea ternatensis De Man, 1902

Osawa, Masayuki & Safaie, Mohsen, 2014, Two squat lobster species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Persian Gulf, with description of a new species of Raymunida Macpherson & Machordom, 2000, Zootaxa 3861 (3), pp. 265-274 : 266

Galathea ternatensis De Man, 1902

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Galathea orientalis var. ternatensis De Man, 1902: 714.

Galathea ternatensis . — Baba et al., 2008: 80 (compilation); Dong & Li, 2010: 21 , fig. 13; Macpherson & Cleva, 2010: 63 , fig. 3I, J.

Material examined. North of Lavan Island, Hormozgan Province, Iran, Persian Gulf, 26°54' N, 53°21' E, 30–50 m depth, bottom trawl, 14 December 2011, coll. K. Khajehnoori, 1 ovigerous female (cl 6.0 mm), FHU.

Coloration. In formalin preservative ( Fig. 1 A). Carapace and pleon brown, pereopods reddish brown in general. The fresh coloration of Galathea ternatensis is illustrated by Macpherson & Cleva (2010: fig. 3I, J).

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan, South China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea,Western Australia, New Caledonia, Maldives, Seychelles (Providence), Madagascar, and Mozambique Channel; depths of 18– 210 m. Now known from the Persian Gulf.

Remarks. The present specimen agrees well with the previous descriptions and diagnoses of G. ternatensis by Miyake & Baba (1963) and Baba (1977).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Entire animal, dorsal view, showing coloration in preservative. A, Galathea ternatensis De Man, 1902, ovigerous female (cl 6.0 mm), FHU; B, Raymunida iranica, n. sp., holotype, female (cl 12.2 mm), FHU.