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 10.5281/zenodo.199458 08e56bed-1140-4d4a-b976-3848c01055ff 1175-5326 199458 Galathea orientalis Stimpson, 1858 Galathea orientalis Stimpson, 1858 : 252 ( type locality: Ly-i-moon Passage near Hong Kong , 46 m ); 1907: 231. — Miyake & Baba 1967 : 232 , fig. 5. — Baba 1989 : 130 ; 2005: 81, 244. — Komai 2000 : 253 . — Clark et al. 2008 : 920 . — Wang 2008 : 749 . — Baba et al. 2008 : 74 . — Baba et al. 2009 : 120 , figs 100–102. Galathea acanthomera Stimpson, 1858 : 90 ( type locality: Bonin Islands, 1.8 m , type lost). — Miyake 1938 : 39 , fig. 2. Galathea longimana . — Stimpson 1907 : 232 (not G. longimana Paul’son, 1875 ). Galathea coralliophilus . — Wu et al. 1998 : 90 , figs 9, 42F. — Wang 2008 : 749 (not G. coralliophilus Baba & Oh, 1990 ). Material examined. East China Sea. MBM 042823 , 1 male ( 2.3 mm ), St. 4083, 28°N, 124°E, CN D45B-78, 88 m, AT, 4 Jun.1959 ; MBM 150341 , 2 ovigerous females (2.7, 3.0 mm), St. V-3 , CN V519B- 123, 105 m , fine sand, AT, 27 Aug.1976 ; MBM 150249 , 1 female ( 3.2 mm ), St. N-5, CN V495B- 3, 110 m , AT, 4 Jul.1976 ; MBM 150259 , 2 ovigerous females (2.7, 2.9 mm ), St. V-4 , CN V500B-4, 94 m, AT, 5 Jul.1976 ; MBM 150263 , 1 ovigerous female (3.0 mm), St. V-3 , CN V519B- 122, 105 m , fine sand, AT, 27 Aug.1976 . Zhejiang Province: MBM 150353 , 3 males ( 4.3–5.3 mm ), 1 ovigerous female ( 4.9 mm ), Nanji Island , Pingyang, 24 Oct.1979 ; MBM 150354 , 1 male ( 2.9 mm ), 1 female ( 3.1 mm ), Nanji Island , Pingyang, 15 m , 24 Oct.1979 . South China Sea. Guangdong Province: MBM 150388 , 1 ovigerous female ( 4.3 mm ), Zhongshuidao, 10 Aug.1976 . Hainan Island : Shalao — MBM 150276 , 2 ovigerous females (1.9, 3.7 mm ), 6 m , 4 Apr.1992 ; MBM 150289 , 1 ovigerous female ( 4.2 mm ), 3–5 m , dead coral, 4 Mar.1992 ; MBM 150291 , 4 males ( 1.9–3.4 mm ), 9 ovigerous females (3.0– 4.6 mm ), 3–5 m , coral, 3 Apr.1992 . Sanya, Xiaodonghai – MBM 150124 , 1 male ( 3.8 mm ), 2 ovigerous females (3.5, 4.0 mm), CN CJ97C-240, DC, 5 Mar.1997 . Yalong Bay, Yezhu Island — MBM 150279 , 2 males (2.0, 2.4 mm ), 3 females (2.0– 2.4 mm ), 6–11 m , coral and crinoides, 19 Nov.1990 ; MBM 150281 , 1 male ( 4.6 mm ), 2 females (2.9, 3.1 mm ), 1 ovigerous female ( 3.3 mm ), CN 92C- 221, 18 Mar.1992 ; MBM 150284 , 14 males ( 1.8–4.8 mm ), 7 females ( 1.7–3.7 mm ), 6 ovigerous females ( 3.3– 4.6 mm ), CN 92C-242, CN 92C-243, DC, 19–21 Mar.1992 ; MBM 150285 , 3 males ( 2.1–2.7 mm ), 2 ovigerous females (4.3, 4.7 mm ), 7 m , DC, 24 Mar.1992 ; MBM 150286 , 7 ovigerous females ( 2.5–4.3 mm ), 3 females ( 2.4–3.9 mm ), 4 males (1.9–3.0 mm), CN 92C-262, 11 m, DC, 25 Mar.1992 ; MBM 150288 , 2 males (4.0, 4.8 mm ), 3 females ( 2.6–2.8 mm ), 8 m , dead coral, 27 Mar.1992 ; MBM 150290 , 8 males ( 1.6–4.7 mm ), 3 females ( 2.1–2.6 mm ), 1 ovigerous female ( 4.3 mm ), CN 92C-256, 24 Mar.1992 ; MBM 150293 , 5 males ( 2.5–5.5 mm ), 8 females (2.3–4.0 mm), 5 ovigerous females (3.2–4.0 mm), CN 92C-266, 8 m, coral, living coral, 26 Mar.1992 . Sanya, Ximaozhou Island — MBM 150311 , 1 male (2.0 mm), 19 Mar.1992 . Sanya, Yalong Bay — MBM 150312 , 1 male ( 2.1 mm ), 3 females ( 2.1–2.5 mm ), CN 90C-645, DC, 22 Nov.1990 ; MBM 150314 , 1 female ( 2.6 mm ), 20 Mar.1992 . Sanya, Dadonghai — MBM 150343 , 1 male ( 3.2 mm ), 1 female (3.0 mm), CN CJ97C-484, 1 Dec.1997 ; MBM 150352 , 3 males ( 2.2–3.5 mm ), 1 male (3.0 mm), CN CJ972-353, 7– 10 m , DC, 21 Nov.1997 . Distribution. Previously known from Korea , Japan , East China Sea, Taiwan , Conic Island cave, Ly-imoon Passage, Hong Kong , South China Sea, Dampier Archipelago; intertidal to 549 m . Present record from East and South China Seas from the intertidal zone to 110 m . Remarks. The specimens agree with the previous descriptions of the species. The species was previously recorded from Chinese waters and vicinity by Miyake & Baba (1967) , Baba (2005) , Clark et al. (2008) , and Baba et al. (2009) .