Galearctus, Holthuis, 2002

Holthuis, Lipke B., 2002, The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae), Zoosystema 24 (3), pp. 499-683 : 558

Genus Galearctus n. gen.

TYPE SPECIES. — Scyllarus timidus Holthuis, 1960 by present designation.

OTHER SPECIES. — Galearctus aurora ( Holthuis, 1982) n. comb.; G. kitanoviriosus ( Harada, 1962) n. comb.; G. rapanus ( Holthuis, 1993) n. comb.; G. umbilicatus ( Holthuis, 1977) n. comb.

ETYMOLOGY. — From galea (Latin), helmet, and Arctus De Haan, 1849 , a junior synonym of Scyllarus Fabricius, 1775 ; in reference to the helmet-like protrusion of the middle of the anterior margin of the thoracic sternum.

DIAGNOSIS. — Midline of carapace with rostral, gastric and cardiac teeth; pregastric tooth absent. Abdomen without sharp median carinae, with distinct arborescent markings and a median lobulated figure. Pleura of somites II to IV often ending in a sharp, posteriorly directed tooth. Fourth antennal segment with a single dorsal carina, without additional carinae. The anterior margin of the thoracic sternum forwards produced beyond the anterolateral angles, the tip with a small median triangular incision, that ends in a groove. P.3 with the propodus widened, broader than the merus or the propodus of P.2. Dactyli smooth without hairy fringes.