Galathea kuboi Miyake & Baba, 1967

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 : 152-153

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3913.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5136037
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scientific name	Galathea kuboi Miyake & Baba, 1967
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Treatment

Galathea kuboi Miyake & Baba, 1967 View in CoL

Galathea kuboi Miyake & Baba, 1967a: 205 View in CoL , fig. 2 (off Daiozaki,Mie Prefecture, Japan).— Baba, 1988: 75 (off N Mindanao and South China Sea off SW Luzon, Philippines, 366–392 m).— Komai, 2000: 352 (list).— Baba, 2005: 77, fig. 26, 244 (key, synonymies, Kei Islands, Indonesia, 290 m).—Baba et al., 2008: 71 (compilation).

Material examined. Philippines. MUSORSTOM 2, Stn CP49, 13°38'N, 121°44'E, 416–425 m, 26 November 1980: 1 M 5.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8336), 1 ov. F 6.2 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-8337), 1 ov. F 7.7 mm (MNHN-IU- 2013-8335).

Remarks. The specimens from the Philippines agree quite well with the original description and other studies. Galathea kuboi is closely related to G. nuda n. sp. from French Polynesia and Chesterfield Islands, and G. setigera n. sp. from Indonesia (see Remarks of G. setigera ). No genetic data are available for G. kuboi .

Distribution. Japan, Philippines, Indonesia (Kei Islands), 290– 425 m.

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