Reports of Galathea Fabricius, 1793 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae) from Chinese waters, with descriptions of two new species Author Dong, Chao Author Li, Xinzheng text Zootaxa 2010 2687 1 28 journal article 47049 10.5281/zenodo.199458 08e56bed-1140-4d4a-b976-3848c01055ff 1175-5326 199458 Galathea spinosorostris Dana, 1852 Galathea spinoso-rostris Dana, 1852 : 480 ( type locality: Sandwich Islands (= Hawaiian Islands)); 1855: pl. 30, fig. 9a–c. Galathea spinosirostris . — Henderson 1893 : 431 [misspelling]. Galathea spinosorostris . — Laurie 1926 : 124 . — Baba 1988 : 78 ; 1990: 959; 2005: 245. — Komai 2000 : 253 . — Wang 2008 : 749 . — Baba et al. 2008 : 77 . Galathea algae Baba, 1969b : 11 , fig. 2 ( type locality: Tosa Bay, 27 m ). Material examined. South China Sea. Nansha Islands: MBM 150175 , 1 male ( 1.7 mm ), 1 ovigerous female ( 2.4 mm ), Zhubijiao, 26 May 1989 ; MBM 150192 , 1 female ( 3.1 mm ), Xiantujiao, CN SSFV 8-17, coral, 24 Jul.1988 ; MBM 150202 , 1 male ( 2.6 mm ), 1 female ( 2.6 mm ), 2 ovigerous females (2.7, 3.1 mm ), Yongshujiao, CN SSFJ 1-13, 3 m, 17 May 1990 . Distribution. Previously known from Madagascar , Providence, Seychelles , Cargados Carajos, Amirante, Saya de Malha Bank, Red Sea, Chagos, Muttuwar Par, Gulf of Martaban, Andaman Sea, South China Sea, Gorong Island , Ternate , Marsegu Island , Moluccas , Palau Islands, Yap Island , Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands), Waikiki Reef, Honolulu, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia ; intertidal to 772 m . The present record from the South China Sea extends the bathymetric range of the species in the South China Sea from 22–410 m to 3– 410 m . Remarks. The specimens agree with the previous discriptions of the species. Baba (1988) was the first to report the species from the South China Sea.