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
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28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.199458
08e56bed-1140-4d4a-b976-3848c01055ff
1175-5326
199458
Galathea inconspicua
Henderson, 1885
(
Fig. 7
)
Galathea inconspicua
Henderson, 1885
: 408
(
type
locality: off Banda
Island
,
659 m
); 1888: 122, pl. 12, fig. 2. —
Baba 1994
: 4
, fig. 2; 2005: 244. —
Baba
et al.
2008
: 69
.
Material examined. South
China
Sea.
MBM069806,
2 females
(3.0,
2.8 mm
), CN K31B; MBM069807,
1 male
(
4.3 mm
), 2 ovigerous females (4.7,
4.8 mm
), St. 6145,
18°15'N
, 111°E, CN K172B-
11, 158 m
, mealy and sandy mud, BT,
14 Jul.1959
; MBM069810,
2 males
(4.3,
4.7 mm
), 4 ovigerous females (
4.5–5.8 mm
), St. 6080, 19°N, 113°E, CN K67B-
51, 220 m
, fine sand, AT,
11 Jul.1959
.
Distribution.
Previouely known from Banda
Island
, Central Queensland;
296–
659 m
. Now also known from South
China
Sea;
158–
220 m
.
FIGURE 7.
Galathea inconspicua
Henderson, 1885
, MBM069810, ovigerous female. A, carapace and abdomen, dorsal view; B, left cephalic region, showing antennular and antennal peduncles, ventral view; C, endopod of left Mxp3, distal segments omitted, lateral view; D, left P1, dorsal view; E, left P2, lateral view; F, left P3, lateral view; G, left P4, lateral view; H, sternal plastron; I, pterygostomian flap. Scales = 1 mm.
Remarks.
The specimens agree with the previous descriptions of the species. The present specimens have more numerous transverse ridges on the carapace than the sample from the Central Queensland reported by
Baba (1994)
. This is the first record for the species from Chinese waters.