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 yamashitai
Miyake & Baba, 1967
Galathea yamashitai
Miyake & Baba, 1967
: 239
, figs 9, 10 (
type
locality: East
China
Sea,
128 m
).
—
Baba 2005
: 245
. —
Wang 2008
: 749
. —
Baba
et al.
2008
: 81
.
Material examined. East
China
Sea.
MBM
042818
,
1 male
(
4.1 mm
), St. 4076,
28.25°N
,
121.75°E
, CN D47B-39, 89 m, brown muddy sand, AT,
4 Jul.1959
; MBM
150250
,
2 males
(3.9,
4.7 mm
), St.
III-4
, CN V489B-16, 82 m, muddy sand, AT,
27 Jun.1976
.
South
China
Sea.
MBM069804/05,
1 male
(
2.9 mm
), St. 6018,
22.75°N
, 116°E, CN K65B-87, 87 m, sandy mud, AT,
11 Jul.1959
. MBM069817,
5 males
(
2.2–2.5 mm
), 1 ovigerous female (
2.7 mm
), St. 6107,
19.5°N
, 112°E, CN K147B-7, 92 m, muddy sand, AT,
4 Apr.1960
; MBM069826,
1 female
(3.0 mm), St. 6078, 20°N, 113°E, CN K35B-50, 87 m, fine sand, AT,
21 Apr.1959
.
Distribution.
Previously known from Gulf of
Oman
, Bay of Bengal, East
China
Sea;
92–
241 m
. Now also known from South
China
Sea,
87–
92 m
. The present record extends the bathymetric range of the species in the East
China
Sea from
128 m
to
82–
128 m
.
Remarks.
The specimens agree with the original description of
Miyake & Baba (1967)
.