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 tanegashimae
Baba, 1969
(
Fig. 12
)
Galathea tanegashimae
Baba, 1969b
: 16
, fig. 4 (
type
locality: Off Nishino-omote, Tanega-shima
Island
, Southern Kyushu,
Japan
,
15–30 m
). —
Ahyong 2007
: 14
, fig. 7. —
Baba
et al.
2008
: 80
. —
Baba
et al.
2009
: 127
, figs 107– 109.
Galathea spinosorostris
. —
Tirmizi 1966
: 181
, figs 4B, 5. —
Wu
et al.
1998
: 9
, figs 15, 21B. —
Kawamoto & Okuno 2003
: 95
, unnumbered figure (not
G. spinosorostris
Dana, 1852
).
Material examined. South
China
Sea. Hainan
Island
:
MBM
150329
,
1 male
(3.0 mm), Dadonghai,
Sanya
, CN CJ97C-585, 5–
9 m
,
3 Dec.1997
; MBM
150352
, 2 ovigerous females (2.0,
3.1 mm
), Dadonghai,
Sanya
, CN CJ972-353, 7–
10 m
, DC,
21 Nov.1997
.
Xisha Islands:
MBM
150113
,
1 male
(
2.7 mm
), Luohuo, Lingyang
Island
,
5 m
,
28 Mar.1975
.MBM
150118
, 1 ovigerous female (
2.2 mm
), Shanhu
Island
,
25 Mar.1975
.
Nansha Islands:
MBM
150208
, 1 ovigerous female (
2.7 mm
), Nanpingjiao, CN SSFV-31-27,
2 Aug.1988
.
Distribution.
Previously known from
Somalia
, Eastern Indian Ocean,
Taiwan
, Southern Kyushu,
Japan
, Lord Howe Rise;
3–
165 m
. Now also known from South
China
Sea;
5–
10 m
.
Remarks.
The specimens agree quite well with the original description and illustrations of Baba (1969), as well as the additional species account of
Baba
et al.
(2009)
.