Galathea tanegashimae Baba, 1969

Macpherson, Enrique & Cleva, Régis, 2010, Shallow-water squat lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from Mayotte (Comoros Island), La Réunion and Madagascar, with the description of a new genus and two new species, Zootaxa 2612, pp. 57-68 : 62

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197819

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3501945

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A22787B0-FFDC-C83C-3D84-FCF650CF178C

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scientific name

Galathea tanegashimae Baba, 1969
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Galathea tanegashimae Baba, 1969 View in CoL

( Figs. 3 View FIGURE 3. A G, H)

Galathea tanegashimae Baba, 1969: 16 View in CoL , fig. 4. — Baba et al. 2008: 80 View Cited Treatment (compilation). — Baba et al. 2009: 127, figs. 107–109.

Material examined. Mayotte. Stn 12a, reef La Prévoyante, 12°41'34.70"S, 45°09'59.99"E, 6–11 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Dumas coll., 0 6 November 2009, coral bottom with Acropora , 1 M 1.8 mm, 1 ov. F 2.5 mm, 1 F 2.1 mm (MNHN-Ga7341). — Stn 14, La Prudente bank, 12°38'50.68"S, 44°58'41.93"E, 15–17 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Dumas coll., 0 9 November 2009, coral boulders on sand bottom, 5 M 2.0– 4.3 mm, 2 ov. F 3.0– 3.7 mm, 1 F 2.7 mm (MNHN-Ga7342). — Stn 17, North Reef, 12°34'49.93"S, 45°05'52.62"E, 22 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Dumas coll., 10 November 2009, outer reef, coral boulders on sand bottom, 3 M 2.0– 4.2 mm, 7 ov. F 2.1–4.0 mm (MNHN-Ga7343). — Stn 20b, Ilot M'tzamboro, western reef, 12°39'30.18"S, 45°00'42.76"E, 10–15 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Dumas coll., 12 November 2009, near collapsed reef, steep sand slope, 1 ov. F 2.4 mm (MNHN-Ga7344). — Stn 21b, Ilot Choizil, east of Malandzamiayatsini, 12°40'22.74"S, 45°03'47.46"E, 15–20 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Dumas coll., 12/11/2009, fringing reef and outer slope, 1 M 3.4 mm (MNHN-Ga7345). — Stn 23, Choizil pass, "Patate à Teddy", 12°40'56.91"S, 44°57'51.63"E, 15–30 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Delmas coll., 13 November 2009, outer reef, collapsed barrier, 1 M 2.7 mm, 1 ov. F 2.1 mm (MNHN-Ga7346). — Stn 25, Ilot M'tzamboro, southern tip, 12°39'30.18"S, 45°01'38.65"E, 15–20 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Dumas coll., 14 November 2009, slope with accretions of coral blocks, 2 M 3.1–3.2 mm, 2 ov. F 2.2–3.1 mm (MNHN-Ga7347). — Stn 28, Ilot Mbouini, east, 13°00'27.42"S, 45°08'16.96"E, 3–20 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Dumas coll., 17 November 2009, high tide, outer reef and slope, 1 M 2.7 mm (MNHN-Ga7348). — Stn 32, Ilot M'tzamboro, north east, 12°38'09.54"S, 45°02'27.12"E, 6–21 m, J.-M. Bouchard, V. Dinhut, J. Dumas coll., 19 November 2009, huge Acropora coral boulder, 1 ov. F 2.9 mm (MNHN-Ga7349).

Madagascar, Nosy Be, W of Hellville, 13º25.164'S, 48º15.63'E, 6–9 m, 17 May 2008, 1 M 3.8 mm (UF14413).

Coloration. Body base color and pereiopods reddish or greenish. Juncture area between palm and fingers white forming a whitish X-marking; some white dots on abdomen.

Distribution. Previously known from West Pacific from southern Kyushu, Japan (type locality) to Lord Howe Rise, and East Indian Ocean from Zanzibar and Somalia, in corals, rocks and sponges, at 10– 165 m. The present material from Mayotte was collected at 3–30 m, on corals.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Galatheidae

Genus

Galathea

Loc

Galathea tanegashimae Baba, 1969

Macpherson, Enrique & Cleva, Régis 2010
2010
Loc

Galathea tanegashimae

Baba 2009: 127
Baba 2008: 80
Baba 1969: 16
1969
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